Nonlinear Dynamics in the Life and Social Sciences

This book features contributions of well known scientists working on Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences. It includes empirical studies of neural encoding, memory, eye movements, warfare, business cycles and selection of time series analysis algorithms. There are theoretical chapters on emergence and social dynamics. There are clinical contributions dealing with the measurement of the quality of life in psychiatric patients, psychosis, the organization of self, the role of love...