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The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model: from matter to movement to mind
1Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431, USA. jkelso@fau.edu.
Abstract:
This article presents a brief retrospective on the Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model of certain dynamical properties of human movement. Though unanticipated, HKB introduced, and demonstrated the power of, a new vocabulary for understanding behavior, cognition and the brain, revealed through a visually compelling mathematical picture that accommodated highly reproducible experimental facts and predicted new ones. HKB stands as a harbinger of paradigm change in several scientific fields, the effects of which are still being felt. In particular, HKB constitutes the foundation of a mechanistic science of coordination called Coordination Dynamics that extends from matter to movement to mind, and beyond.
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