# Index
# **A**
- Aboriginal, 161-163, 167
- Achievement motivation, 55, 98
- Action
- common, 49, 84, 116, 124
- Action identification
- hierarchical nature, 74
- levels, 61, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 82, 83
- principles, 72, 75, 77
- theory, 72, 73, 77, 110, 121, 180
- Action potentials
- spikes, 36
- Agent
- high-level, 110
- low-level, 110, 111
- Ambivalence, 50, 51, 54, 97
- Amplitude envelope synchronization, 12
- Anatomical segregation, 23
- Ant algorithm, 47
- Antennal lobe, 28, 29
- Anticipatory coding, 94
- Anti-phase, 89, 91, 97, 100, 104
- Assembly of functional units, 18
- Association, 3, 30, 48, 113, 178
- Asymptotic stability, 12
- Attention, 9, 18, 22, 31, 43, 50, 66, 67, 69, 70, 76, 79-82, 84, 90, 95, 114, 120, 152, 155, 169, 172, 185
- Attitude, 4, 7, 57, 71, 72, 87, 95, 97, 106, 111, 116-118, 120, 126, 139-141, 146, 147, 155, 160
- Attractor
- alternative, 53, 54, 157, 158
- dynamics, 53, 59
- for control parameter, 109, 111
- lack of, 56
- periodic, 98
- Attractor neural networks, 7
- Autocratic recidivism, 130
- Automatic processing, 56
# **B**
- Behavior
- dyadic, 22, 94, 95
- Binding problem, 24, 25
- Binocular rivalry, 30
- Bottom-up, 21, 22, 118, 135, 139-145, 148, 150, 152, 156, 157, 160
- Boundaries, 37, 148, 151, 172
- Boycott. 140
- Brain
- regions, 93, 94, 101, 185
- Bridging, 139, 146
- Bursting, 127, 128, 139. See also burst of activity
- Burst of activity, 128. See also bursting
- Business ventures, 158
# **C**
- Canadian Aboriginal communities, 161
- Causality
- bi-directional, 51, 62
- Cellular automata, 62
- Chameleon effect, 92
- Chaotic behaviour
- regime, 35
- trajectory, 39
- Chaotic maps, 13
- Circular questions, 176, 180
- Civil resistance, 140
- Civil rights movement, 140, 152
- Civil society, 141, 143
- Club from Nowhere. 140
- Cluster synchrony, 15. See also partial synchrony
- Cognition
- cognitive processing, 23, 25, 29, 30
- higher cognitive functions, 23, 26, 30
- Cognitive dissonance, 45
- Cognitive-emotional amalgamations, 48
- Coherence, 5, 20, 29, 45, 46, 50, 54, 62, 65-67, 69, 93, 110, 116, 121, 122
- Collective action, 4, 7, 22, 118, 119, 123, 143
- Communication patterns, 116, 180
- Competition, 79, 80, 89, 98, 120
- Complexity, 10, 36, 39, 43, 62, 76, 94, 95, 99, 104, 108, 111, 114, 123, 130, 136, 148. 172. 183.
- Complex system, 6, 8, 10, 21, 41
- Computer simulations, 62, 67, 96, 99, 104, 105, 111, 120, 130, 132, 136, 186
- Conflict, 4, 5, 9, 50, 56, 89, 93, 97, 98, 105, 116, 128, 175
- Conscious experience
- consciousness, 7, 23, 30, 31, 43, 46, 47, 51, 52, 72, 80, 185
- conscious state, 26, 43
- Consciousness, 52. See also conscious experience/conscious state
- Constructivism, 173
- Controlled processing, 48, 56
- Control parameters, 15, 97-100, 102, 103, 105, 107-111, 130
- Cooperation, 85, 89, 94, 98, 139, 142, 145, 146, 155, 167, 172
- Coordination
- dynamics, 43, 114
- in groups, 116, 117
- movement, 81, 91
- Cortical columns, 23, 27, 32, 33, 43
- Coupled dynamical systems, 10, 12, 186
- Coupling strength, 15
- Creativity, 53, 116, 144, 155, 158
- Critical slowing down, 16
- Culture
- aggressive, 132-135
- evolution of, 130-132
- of honour, 133-136
- rational, 133, 134
# **D**
- Decay of synchrony, 15, 16. See also de-synchronisation
- Decision, 4, 19, 20, 29, 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 62, 70, 89, 119, 123, 124, 127
- Democratic uprising. 130
- Depression, 55, 56, 107, 169
- Desynchronization, 15. See also decay of synchrony
- Deterministic chaos, 59, 97-99
- Disassembly-resynchronisation scenario, 20
- Distributed functions, 15, 17
- Dubarah, 160
- Dyad, 4, 6, 7, 21, 22, 89, 90, 93, 104, 112, 118, 122, 129, 136
- Dyadic interaction
- relation, 89
- synchronization, 97, 111, 116
- Dynamical systems
- nonlinear, 77, 91, 96, 110
- people as, 96
- Dynamics of thought, 45, 53
- Dysfunction, 16, 126, 172
- Dysfunctional adjustment, 159
- Dysfunctional SYNC, 170, 171, 174, 176, 179, 180
# **E**
- Echo chambers, 125, 126
- EEG, 30, 41, 93
- Ego depletion, 56
- Embeddedness, 142, 144, 147, 151, 152
- Emergence, 8, 9, 14, 16, 18-23, 27, 47-51, 53, 61, 62, 64, 77, 84, 87, 89, 90, 97, 98, 100, 104, 109, 114-116, 121, 128, 135, 139, 145, 148, 186
- Emergent meaning, 46
- Empathy, 4, 50, 87, 92, 94, 101, 105, 147, 158
- Evaluation
- alternative, 53
- as a collective variable, 52
- positive, 52, 57, 58, 64
- Evaluative consistency, 48
- Event-triggered pinning synchronization, 14
- Excitatory neurons, 31
- Expression, 6, 51, 64, 66-69, 88, 91, 92, 95, 101, 115, 184, 186
- External perturbations, 12, 14
# **F**
- Face recognition, 30
- Family
- choreography, 173-176, 178, 180
- epistemology, 173, 176
- system theory, 169
- therapy, 171
- Family System Therapy, 170, 171
- Feature binding, 16
- Feedback
- loop, 32, 71-73, 94, 111, 122, 139, 142, 144, 156, 157, 160, 166, 167, 171-173, 182
- negative, 5, 56, 98
- positive, 31, 32, 47, 62, 98
- Fixed-point attractor, 53, 59, 60
- Flow, 37, 40, 45, 51, 52, 69, 72, 88, 93, 96, 97, 159, 184
- Fluency
- action, 83
- perceptual, 82
- Frame
- higher-order, 50, 51, 53, 54
- Frequency coding, 25
- Function, 3-11, 16, 18-26, 33, 37, 40-44, 47, 50-53, 55, 56, 62, 65, 66, 69-72, 75, 87, 89, 90, 92, 95, 97, 98, 105-107, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 123, 124, 126, 128-130, 135, 136, 139, 146, 156, 172, 173, 183-186
- Functional connections
- connectivity, 10, 16, 17, 41-43
- networks, 20, 23, 32, 41. 42
- Functional connectome, 42, 43
- Functional magnetic resonance
- fMRI, 41, 93
- Functional segregation, 23, 24
- Functional synchronization, 76, 90, 107
- Functional unit, 3, 4, 8, 9, 18-23, 25, 26, 30-32, 37-44, 46-50, 70, 71, 74, 76, 78, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 96, 104, 111, 114, 116, 119, 121-123, 128, 135, 139, 142, 144, 148, 152, 156, 157, 169-171, 173-175, 177, 179-181, 183-186
# **G**
- Genogram, 181
- Georgia Gilmore, 140
- Gestalt psychology, 8, 9, 70, 75, 186
- Group/groups
- activity, 115
- conflict, 131
- consensus, 116
- feelings, 115, 117, 122
- function, 5, 185
- roles, 114
- Groupthink, 123-125
# **H**
- Hebb's synapse, 32
- Higher-order mental states, 7, 21, 48, 54, 62, 93. See also global evaluation, judgments, decisions, goals, action plans.
- Higher-order thoughts, 22, 45
- Himera state, 15
- Hippocampus, 29
- Homeostasis, 171, 174
- Human experience, 8, 22, 50, 62, 183, 184
- Hyperscanning, 93
- Hysteresis, 91
# **I**
- Inhibitory neurons, 31
- Integration, 21, 23-26, 30, 42, 43, 54, 55, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 74, 77
- Integration of information/information integration, 23-25, 30, 42, 43
- Intentions, 75, 76, 94, 95, 101, 120, 158
- Interaction
- meaningful, 113
- Inter-hemispheric integration, 27
- Inter-hemispheric synchrony, 27
- Intermittent synch, 4, 9, 17, 22, 37, 105-107, 183-186. See also intermittent synchronization
- Internal states, 7,53, 87, 88, 90, 95-105, 107, 111, 115, 117, 118, 120, 124, 135
- Intrinsic motivation, 82, 83
- Ironic process theory, 56
# **J**
- Judgment, 4, 5, 7, 19-21, 46, 48-55, 57-59, 62, 70, 71, 96, 97, 111, 118, 123, 124
- momentary, 58
# **L**
- Laplacian matrix, 13
- Leadership/leader, 119, 120, 124, 130, 148, 150, 151, 157
- Learning, 4, 18, 26, 30, 31, 69, 73, 75, 148
- Levels of analysis, 90, 106, 123, 183
- Liapunov exponent, 12
- Linguistic task, 30
- Local Field Potential (LFP), 28, 29, 41
- Logistic equation
- coupling of, 99
- Long-range coordination, 31
- Long Term Depression (LTD), 32, 33, 40, 44
- Long Term Potentiation (LTP), 32, 33, 40, 44
# **M**
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG), 31, 41, 42.93
- Mahatma Gandhi, 139
- Malleability, 148
- Mark Granovetter, 145
- Marriage, 4, 17, 88, 90, 111, 175
- Martin Luther King, 140, 141
- Meaning, 4, 10, 46, 49, 51, 53, 59, 61, 65, 72-75, 77-80, 82, 83, 91, 121, 142, 177, 178
- Medial prefrontal cortex, 29, 94
- Membrane potential, 35
- Memory consolidation, 26
- Memory recall, 16, 26
- Mental
- cognitive representation, 21
- Mental calibration, 72, 77-79, 81-84
- faulty calibration, 82
- too low/too high, 79, 81
- variation. 79
- Mental experience, 45, 51
- Mental processing/mental function, 22, 23, 42, 51, 57, 62, 184
- Mental state, 42, 48, 50, 56, 71, 90
- Mental structures, 49-51
- bi-stability, 50
- Meso-level structure, 130
- Middle East, 159, 160
- Mimicry, 90, 92, 94, 101
- Mind, 4-7, 18, 19, 22, 23, 31, 42, 45, 46, 48-52, 57, 60, 71-73, 75-84, 94, 101, 147, 160. 179, 183-186
- Mitral cells. 28
- Mood, 52, 55, 56, 87, 90, 95, 96, 98, 104, 111
- Motoric behaviour, 6, 7, 90
- Motor tasks. 29
- Mouse paradigm, 57-60
- Multimodal cortex. 23
# **N**
- Narrative
- shared, 121, 122
- National Crime, 161
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), 93
- Negative feedback, 5, 56, 98
- Network
- hierarchical, 130
- modularity, 43
- scale free, 13, 14
- small world, 13, 41
- sparsely connected, 13
- structure, 12, 41, 42, 126, 127
- topology, 13-16, 42, 129
- Neuronal/neural/cell ensembles/assemblies, 19, 23, 24, 26, 31, 37, 44, 45, 93
- Neuroscience, 186
- New Social Movement Theory (NSMT), 141
- Nonviolence, 140
# **O**
- Obedience to authority, 155
- Olfactory bulb, 28
- Olfactory receptor neurons, 28
- Optimality hypothesis, 78
- Order parameter, 22
- Oscillations, 12, 16, 18, 23, 26, 28-31, 35, 38, 41. See also oscillatory patterning
- Oscillatory
- behavior, 10, 38, 39, 44
- regime, 11, 35
- trajectory, 36, 40
- Over-synchronisation, 105, 106, 123, 124
# **P**
- Pacemaker node, 14
- Partners
- intimate, 107
- Perceptual illusions, 8
- Performance
- break down of, 81
- Personality, 60, 61, 95, 107-110, 147
- Perturbation, 12, 13, 15, 56, 59
- Petrini, Carlo, 164-166
- Phase lag(s), 25, 27
- Phase transition, 15
- Polarisation of opinions, 126
- Prevention, 55. See also regulatory focus
- Profound and Peaceful Social Transition (PPST), 139-142, 146, 148, 152
- Progressive assembly, 51, 74, 183
- Progressive integration, 5, 22, 43, 62, 76, 90
- Projection Neurons (PNs), 28
- Promotion, 55. See also regulatory focus
- Proximity
- physical, 118, 119
- spatial, 119
- Psychological function, 4, 9, 22, 65, 136
- Psychology, 3, 8, 9, 45, 52, 71, 75, 83, 87, 98, 101, 113, 114, 147, 186
- Psychosomatic symptoms, 169
- Pyramidal Interneuron Network Gamma Rhythm (PING), 31
# **R**
- Random graphs, 13, 14
- Receptive field, 26, 27, 33
- Refugee, 159, 160
- Regulatory focus, 55. See also promotion/prevention
- Relations
- dyadic, 4, 90, 115, 129
- formation, 107, 113
- intimate, 4
- long-term, 96. 105
- stable, 88
- Relationship
- formation, 87, 107, 110, 113
- Repeller
- dynamics, 55, 56, 60
- Rituals, 88, 119, 140, 170, 171, 176, 180, 185
- Robustness, 145
- Role structure, 115
- Rossler oscillator, 34-36
# **S**
- Segregation of information, 25, 43
- Self-concept clarity, 60-62
- Self-esteem, 5, 60, 61, 84, 163
- Self-esteem maintenance, 55. See also high self-esteem/low self-esteem
- Self-evaluation/self-evaluative thoughts, 55, 59-61, 64, 69, 70, 79, 81
- Self-organization, 46, 48, 53, 62, 70, 77. See also self-organized
- Self-presentation, 4, 67, 69, 96, 101
- Self-regulation. 55, 56. 65. 75. 84. 97
- Self-reliance, 144, 159, 160, 167, 182
- Self/self-concept. 5. 7. 50. 60-62. 97
- Self-structure, 61-67, 69, 70, 72
- Self-verification, 55
- Shannon entropy, 36
- Shared reality. 117, 124
- Simplification
- of dynamics, 38, 39
- of trajectories, 39
- Sleep, 17, 26, 43, 170
- Slime mold, 46, 47
- Slow Food. 164-166
- Social capital, 130, 139, 141, 142, 144-146, 152, 153, 155, 157, 160, 166, 167
- Social change. 122, 139, 145, 152, 155
- Social Entrepreneurs (SE), 155, 156, 158, 166, 167
- Social interaction, 22, 87, 92, 94, 96, 100-105, 107, 110, 111, 114, 118, 128, 136
- Social media, 124, 125, 128, 136, 153
- Social network/dynamics, 107, 114, 117, 126-128, 130, 136, 140, 143-145, 147, 152
- Social relation, 4, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 104, 110, 115, 126, 130, 141
- Social roles, 119
- Social units, 49, 141, 156
- Societal dynamics, 18, 114, 129, 139
- Solidarity, 123, 140-143, 145-152
- Somatic disorders, 169, 181
- Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP), 18, 26
- Stability of synchronous state. 13
- State space, 11, 59
- Stream of consciousness, 43, 46, 51, 52, 57, 66, 67, 183
- Strength of weak ties, 145
- Stronglinkers, 147
- Strong ties, 141, 146, 147
- Structural connectivity, 13. 16-18. 43
- Sub rosa, 143
- Synchronisation
- among group members, 116, 118, 127. See also in groups amplitude envelope, 12
- at deeper levels, 94, 95, 103, 104, 111, 117
- behavioural, 21, 90, 93-96, 100, 103, 104, 111
- between brains, 95. See also inter-brain complete, 11, 105, 183
- dyadic, 21, 85, 89, 112, 115, 129
- error, 37, 38 event-triggered pinning synchronisation, 14
- explosive, 14
- generalised, 11
- global and persistent, 8, 16. See also global and persistent synchrony
- identical, 11
- in groups, 115, 116, 118, 123, 136. See also among group members
- in institutions, 134
- in-phase, 6, 89, 97, 100, 119 in social networks, 126, 130
- inter-brain, 93-95. See also between brains
- intermittent, 4, 8, 9, 15-17, 22, 37, 105-107, 183-186. See also intermittent synch
- intermittent cluster, 15
- interpersonal, 90, 92, 93, 95, 136
- lag, 11, 12
- mechanism of, 118
- modeling, 129
- momentary, 19, 20, 116. See also tempoгагу
- neural, 21, 30, 31, 44, 45, 93, 101
- of emotional states, 94, 101
- of internal states, 90, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 105, 111, 117, 120, 135
- of metronomes, 92, 118
- of pendulums, 6, 118
- phase, 11, 12
- social, 6, 16, 88, 90, 119, 126, 130, 136
- societal, 124, 129, 131, 132
- spatial pattern. 130
- temporary, 20, 89, 90, 107. See also momentary
- Synchronized clusters, 14-16, 119
- Synchronous state, 13, 15, 16
- Synchrony
- behavioural, 90, 93-96, 100, 103, 104, 108. 111, 117
- emotional, 94
- interpersonal, 90, 92, 93, 95
- motion. 89
- Syria, 159
# **T**
- Task
- performance, 93, 117
- Temporal binding, 25, 26, 31
- Temporal correlation hypothesis, 24-26, 33
- Temporal patterns, 25, 28, 30, 31, 33, 70, 87, 102. 127
- Theta-frequency band, 29
- Thought/thoughts, 4-7, 15, 17, 18, 20-22, 26, 32, 41, 45, 46, 48-58, 62, 66, 69, 73, 76, 83, 84, 88, 95-98, 105, 107, 115, 118, 124, 139, 161, 176, 179, 184
- Time coding, 25
- Transformation, 11, 139-141, 145, 146, 155, 157, 163, 164, 180
- Trust, 85, 87, 105, 139, 140, 142, 144-146, 149-151, 155, 157
# **U**
- Uncertainty, 73
- Unconscious/non-conscious perception, 5, 31
- Underground Solidarity movement, 140, 144, 149
# **V**
- Visual cortex, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 33
- Visual field, 23-27, 30, 33
- Visual perception, 25
# **W**
- Wapikoni, 162, 163
- Weaklinkers, 147, 148