What is Coordination Dynamics?

Below is a collection of essential readings for those curious about coordination dynamics (CD). These readings are organized into a trilogy of trilogies summarizing some of the main theoretical and empirical developments in CD over the last 25 years. In organizing these readings and making them accessible, we invite YOU to explore and engage the science of coordination!

These trilogies are organized according to publication date. However, trilogy 2 - Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science provides definitions and descriptions of essential concepts. This section will help the reader learn the language of CD. Trilogy 2 can be used as a primer or as a reference when reading trilogies 1 & 3. Additionally, this technical appendix provides a succinct primer for metastability. Below the trilogy of trilogies, we have included additional readings on dynamic pattern formation and coordination, both general and tailored for special issues including sports, social coordination, and development.

1. Traversing Scales of Brain & Behavioral Organization (1999-)*
    
   1. Kelso, J.A.S., Fuchs, A., & Jirsa, V.K. (1999). Traversing scales of brain and behavioral organization. I. Concepts and experiments. In C. Uhl (Ed.), Analysis of Neurophysiological Brain Functioning. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 73-89.

       
   2. Fuchs, A., Jirsa, V.K., & Kelso, J.A.S. (1999). Traversing scales of brain and behavioral organization. II. Analysis and reconstruction. In C. Uhl (Ed.), Analysis of neurophysiological brain functioning. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 90-106.

       
   3. Jirsa, V.K., Fuchs, A., & Kelso, J.A.S. (1999). Traversing scales of brain and behavioral organization. III. Theoretical modeling. In C. Uhl (Ed.), Analysis of neurophysiological brain functioning. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 107-125.
       
      *This work is summarized and extended in: Kelso, J.A.S., Dumas, G., & Tognoli, E. (2013) Outline of a general theory of behavior and brain coordination. Neural Networks, 37, 120-131 (25th Commemorative Issue).
       
2. CD in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science (2009/2013) 
    
   1. Kelso, J.A.S. (2009/2013). Coordination Dynamics. In R.A. Meyers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, Springer: Heidelberg.

       
   2. Fuchs, A., & Kelso, J.A.S. (2009/2013). Movement coordination. In R.A. Meyers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, Springer: Heidelberg (pp. 5718-5736).

       
   3. Oullier, O., & Kelso, J.A.S. (2009/2013). Social coordination from the perspective of coordination dynamics. In R.A. Meyers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science Springer: Heidelberg (pp. 8198-8212).
       
3. Recent Developments of CD: The Covid Trilogy
    
   1. Kelso, J.A.S. (2021). The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) Model: From Matter to Movement to Mind. Biological Cybernetics, 115 (4), 305-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-021-00890-w

       
   2. Kelso, J.A.S. (2022). Editor’s Choice Article, Special Edition of Entropy (2022). Unifying large- and small-scale theories of coordination. Entropy, 23(5), 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050537

       
   3. Kelso, J.A.S. (2022). On the Coordination Dynamics of (Animate) Moving Bodies. Journal of Physics (Complexity Section). https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-072X/ac7caf