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Neuroscience

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96
Citations
34722
World Ranking
857
National Ranking
463

Psychology

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86
Citations
28714
World Ranking
1134
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

J. A. Scott Kelso is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience as the main subfield.

Their scholarly work explores topics including neural dynamics and brain function, embodied and extended cognition, functional brain connectivity studies, action observation and synchronization, motor control and adaptation, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and ecosystem dynamics and resilience.

Kelso's frequent coauthors include Emmanuelle Tognoli, Mengsen Zhang, Damien Coyle, Aliza Sloan, and Nancy Aaron Jones. The scientist's research has been published in several venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Entropy, Biological Cybernetics, and the Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

Among recent publications by Kelso are:

  • Coordination Dynamics: A Foundation for Understanding Social Behavior (2020), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Unifying Large- and Small-Scale Theories of Coordination (2021), Entropy
  • The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model: from matter to movement to mind (2021), Biological Cybernetics

Additional noteworthy recent papers associated with Kelso's network include:

  • Metastable neural dynamics underlies cognitive performance across multiple behavioural paradigms (2020), Human Brain Mapping
  • Topological portraits of multiscale coordination dynamics (2020), Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Kelso has been recognized with distinctions such as Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2016 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior

    J. A. Scott Kelso

  • A theoretical model of phase transitions in human hand movements

    H. Haken;J. A. S. Kelso;J. A. S. Kelso;H. Bunz

  • Dynamic pattern generation in behavioral and neural systems

    G. Schoner;J. A. S. Kelso

  • 1 On the Concept of Coordinative Structures as Dissipative Structures: I. Theoretical Lines of Convergence*

    Peter N. Kugler;J.A. Scott Kelso;M.T. Turvey

  • Cortical coordination dynamics and cognition.

    Steven L. Bressler;J.A.Scott Kelso

  • The metastable brain.

    Emmanuelle Tognoli;J. A. Scott Kelso;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • Nonequilibrium phase transitions in coordinated biological motion: critical fluctuations

    J.A.S. Kelso;J.A.S. Kelso;J.P. Scholz;J.P. Scholz;G. Schöner;G. Schöner

  • Functionally specific articulatory cooperation following jaw perturbations during speech: Evidence for coordinative structures.

    J. Scott Kelso;Betty Tuller;E. Vatikiotis-Bateson;Carol A. Fowler

  • Multistability and metastability: understanding dynamic coordination in the brain

    J. A. Scott Kelso;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • Patterns of human interlimb coordination emerge from the properties of non-linear, limit cycle oscillatory processes.

    J. A. Scott Kelso;Kenneth G. Holt;Philip Rubin;Peter N. Kugler

  • The Complementary Nature

    J. A. Scott Kelso;David A. Engstrøm

  • Action-Perception as a Pattern Formation Process

    J. A. S. Kelso;J. D. DelColle;G. Schöner

  • The phi complex as a neuromarker of human social coordination

    Emmanuelle Tognoli;Julien Lagarde;Gonzalo C. DeGuzman;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • The dynamical perspective on speech production: data and theory

    J.A.S. Kelso;J.A.S. Kelso;E.L. Saltzman;E.L. Saltzman;B. Tuller;B. Tuller

  • On the Nature of Human Interlimb Coordination

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  • Social coordination dynamics: Measuring human bonding

    Olivier Oullier;Gonzalo C. de Guzman;Kelly J. Jantzen;Julien Lagarde

  • Self organizing systems and infant motor development

    Esther Thelen;J.A.Scott Kelso;Alan Fogel

  • Symmetry breaking dynamics of human multilimb coordination.

    J. A. Kelso;John J. Jeka

  • Self-organization of coordinative movement patterns ☆

    J.A.S. Kelso;G. Schöner

  • Exploring a vibratory systems analysis of human movement production.

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  • Long Memory Processes ( 1 / f α Type) in Human Coordination

    Yanqing Chen;Mingzhou Ding;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • Learning as change of coordination dynamics: theory and experiment.

    Gregor Schöner;Pier G. Zanone;J. A. S. Kelso

  • On the space-time structure of human interlimb co-ordination.

    J. A. Scott Kelso;Carol A. Putnam;David Goodman

  • A Prospective Functional MR Imaging Study of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in College Football Players

    Kelly J. Jantzen;Brian Anderson;Fred L Steinberg;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • Are movements prepared in parts? Not under compatible (naturalized) conditions.

    David Goodman;J. Scott Kelso

  • Cortical and cerebellar activity of the human brain during imagined and executed unimanual and bimanual action sequences: a functional MRI study

    Dinesh G Nair;Kari L Purcott;Armin Fuchs;Fred Steinberg

  • A phase transition in human brain and behavior

    J.A.S. Kelso;S.L. Bressler;S. Buchanan;G.C. DeGuzman

  • Interarticulator phasing as an index of temporal regularity in speech.

    Betty Tuller;J. Scott Kelso;Katherine S. Harris

  • Tracking simple and complex sequences.

    Edward W. Large;Philip Fink;J. A. Scott Kelso

  • The Development of Movement Control and Coordination

    J. A. Scott Kelso;Jane E. Clark

  • Evolution of behavioral attractors with learning: Nonequilibrium phase transitions.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Viktor K. Jirsa
Viktor K. Jirsa Aix-Marseille University
George E. Stelmach
George E. Stelmach Arizona State University
Vincenzo Crunelli
Vincenzo Crunelli Cardiff University
Steven L. Bressler
Steven L. Bressler Florida Atlantic University
Carol A. Fowler
Carol A. Fowler University of Connecticut
Arun L.W. Bokde
Arun L.W. Bokde Trinity College Dublin
Douglas Cheyne
Douglas Cheyne University of Toronto
Lüder Deecke
Lüder Deecke Medical University of Vienna
Esther Thelen
Esther Thelen Indiana University
Susan Nittrouer
Susan Nittrouer University of Florida

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