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To Switch or Not to Switch: Recruitment of Degrees of Freedom Stabilizes Biological Coordination

J. J. Buchanan Program in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences Center for Complex Systems Florida Atlantic University and Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University
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J. A. S. Kelso Program in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences Center for Complex Systems Florida Atlantic University
Pages 126-144 | Accepted 11 Sep 1997, Published online: 01 Apr 2010

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