Synchronization and Information Patterns in Human Dynamics

Dear Colleagues,

Human dynamics operate through synchronized networks across multiple scales, from molecular biology and neural interactions to communication and social interactions. This Special Issue explores theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence for these complex synchronization phenomena and their information patterns.

We invite submissions investigating synchronization and information dynamics in human systems, focusing on:

1. Mechanisms of Synchronization: Multimodal alignment and information flow within synchronized networks.
2. Mechanisms of Coordination: Alignment and coordination; pattern formation and transformation; pattern collapse and creative destruction.
3. Information Processing: Applications of information and dynamical systems theory, with related measures such as Shannon, Kolmogorov–Sinai, permutation, and other entropies. Recurrence Plots and other specific time series data analysis techniques.
4. Patterns and Models: Self-organization, multi-scale coordination, chimera states, dynamical diseases, and human–AI interfaces. Systemic resilience measures and applications.
5. Applications: Healthcare, physiology, education, human interfaces, robotics, emotion recognition, and neural disorders.

We welcome contributions from diverse fields, including network theory, psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and education science.

This Special Issue offers a platform to connect theoretical models with empirical observations, bridge insights across disciplines, and advance our understanding of how coordination underlies human functioning from cellular to social levels.

Prof. Dr. Franco F. Orsucci
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Tschacher
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Zimatore
Guest Editors

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