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. 2025 Jan 31:48:e34.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X24000384.

Almost, but not quite there: Research into the emergence of higher-order motivated behavior should fully embrace the dynamic systems approach

Christophe Gernigon  1 , Rémi Altamore  1 , Robin R Vallacher  2 , Paul L C van Geert  3 , Ruud J R Den Hartigh  3
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Almost, but not quite there: Research into the emergence of higher-order motivated behavior should fully embrace the dynamic systems approach

Christophe Gernigon et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Murayama and Jach rightfully aim to conceptualize motivation as an emergent property of a dynamic system of interacting elements. However, they do not embrace the ontological and paradigmatic constraints of the dynamic systems approach. They therefore miss the very process of emergence and how it can be formally modeled and tested by specific types of computer simulation.

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