Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships

Interaction Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-52

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

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Control parameters; Coordination; Dynamical systems; Dynamical variables; Internal states; Logistic equations; Mutual influence; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849151420     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.6.1.04val     Document Type: Article

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