Self-organization of cognitive performance.
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23314167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy C Van Orden (Arizona State University), John G Holden (0000-0001-8644-9500, California State University, Northridge), M T Turvey (0009-0002-0675-3735, University of Connecticut) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-350 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-3445 • E-ISSN: 1939-2222 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.331 |
| PMID | 13678372 |
| OpenAlex | W2126105264 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 87 |
| References cited | 93 |
Background noise is the irregular variation across repeated measurements of human performance. Background noise remains after task and treatment effects are minimized. Background noise refers to intrinsic sources of variability, the intrinsic dynamics of mind and body, and the internal workings of a living being. Two experiments demonstrate 1/f scaling (pink noise) in simple reaction times and speeded word naming times, which round out a catalog of laboratory task demonstrations that background noise is pink noise. Ubiquitous pink noise suggests processes of mind and body that change each other's dynamics. Such interaction-dominant dynamics are found in systems that self-organize their behavior. Self-organization provides an unconventional perspective on cognition, but this perspective closely parallels a contemporary interdisciplinary view of living systems.
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Communication noise · Dynamics (music) · Linguistics · Noise (video) · Parallels · Perspective (graphical) · Task (project management) · Action Observation and Synchronization · Artificial Intelligence · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Communication · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Engineering · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology
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