VIKTOR JIRSA – “Researchers in the field of Coordination Dynamics aim to identify general laws of pattern formation in human movements rather than searching for a locus of movement pattern generation. This approach is inspired by ideas borne by the theory of Dynamic Systems and Self-organization. Over the last two decades a rhythmic movement paradigm has been the dominant experimental task constraint in this...

J. A. SCOTT KELSO – “I thought it might be useful to say a few words about the history of Coordination Dynamics and to take stock of how far we’ve come and where we are going. It’s my hope that as a result of this meeting we can identify gaps requiring further experimental and theoretical research, with the goal of course of understanding the laws, principles and mechanisms of coordination in different...

“This marvellous book describes a wealth of biological features in terms of the structure of the underlying dynamical space, its bifurcations, and its attractors. This dynamical space is parameterised (say by the frequency of a gait), and as the value of the parameter changes, the dynamics changes, sometimes significantly (such as changing from a trot to a gallop). Moreover, the change can also depend on how the...

J. A. SCOTT KELSO – “The coordination of living things is one of the great mysteries in the science of life. Coordination is in us and all around us. It is everywhere we look, from the coordination among the genes that make us who we are and what we become, to the remarkable coordination among the nerve cells of the brain that allows us to perceive the world, to learn and to remember, to decide and to act. And...