Relative Phase Dynamics
In modeling rhythmic interlimb coordination, the dynamical systems approach has started off with considering coordination phenomena at a rather high level of abstraction, by focusing on the dynamics of collective variables that are defined at the behavioral level. The dynamical systems approach is particularly suited for studying biological systems, which consist of large numbers of interacting inhomogeneous components and exhibit emergent, collective phenomena that defy ‘reductionist’ or ‘componential’ explanations.
The stability properties of rhythmic interlimb coordination become particularly apparent in situations in which stability is lost and performance is attracted to another, still stable coordination pattern, as is the case in the well-established frequency-induced transition from antiphase to in-phase coordination during 1:1 frequency coordination.

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