Dynamical systems and chaos theory provide a rigorous mathematical framework to describe, analyse and predict the evolution of systems over time. These fields study how simple deterministic rules can ...

Dynamic systems theory has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding the complex, non‐linear processes that underpin psychological change in therapeutic contexts. Drawing on concepts from ...

Esther Stillman Thelen, a developmental psychologist who applied dynamic systems theory, popularly called “chaos theory,” to the study of how babies learn to walk and interact, has died. She was 63.

The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head. A new theory proposes it develops with many influences from outside the mind. It draws on ...