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  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Complex Systems

Background:

  • Fractal fluctuations are key to understanding human behavior and cognition through dynamic systems theory.
  • Existing methods often overlook interdependencies between multiple time series.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a generalized variance method for multivariate detrended fluctuation analysis (mvDFA).
  • To enable the analysis of fractal properties in multivariate time series, accounting for intercorrelations.

Main Methods:

  • Description of the generalized variance method for mvDFA.
  • Application to simulated data to demonstrate advantages.
  • Investigation of empirical electroencephalographic (EEG) data during a time-estimation task.

Main Results:

  • mvDFA successfully analyzes fractal fluctuations in multivariate time series.
  • The method accounts for intercorrelations between time series.
  • Demonstrated application on EEG data reveals insights into cognitive processes.

Conclusions:

  • mvDFA is a valuable methodological development for dynamic systems research in human behavior.
  • Multivariate analysis advances theoretical understanding of interaction-dominant dynamics in cognition.