Multifractality Versus (Mono-) Fractality as Evidence of Nonlinear Interactions Across Timescales: Disentangling the Belief in Nonlinearity From the Diagnosis of Nonlinearity in Empirical Data

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 259-299

  Kelty Stephen, Damian G ^a   Wallot, Sebastian ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EMPIRICAL AESTHETICS   (Germany)

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EID: 85028732179     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407413.2017.1368355     Document Type: Article

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