The emergence of personality: Dynamic foundations of individual variation

Developmental Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 351-385

  Nowak, Andrzej ^a,b   Vallacher, Robin R ^b   Zochowski, Michal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractor; Cellular automata; Control parameter; Dynamical system; Emergence; Feedback loop; Self concept; Self organization; Social interaction; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344467372     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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