When physics is not "just physics": Complexity science invites new measurement frames for exploring the physics of cognitive and biological development

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 471-483

  Kelty Stephen, Damian G ^a   Dixon, James A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Cognition; Complexity; Fractals; Physics; Reduction; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE STRUCTURES; COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; FRACTAL FLUCTUATIONS; MEASUREMENT FRAME; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICS-BASED;

BIOLOGY; FRACTALS; PHYSICS; REDUCTION; TURBULENCE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHYSICS;

EID: 84873883265     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2013006693     Document Type: Article

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