Nonlinear complex dynamical systems in developmental psychology

Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 242-281

  Van Geert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139058544.009     Document Type: Chapter

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