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      Life-Space Foam: a Medium for Motivational and Cognitive Dynamics

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          General stochastic dynamics, developed in a framework of Feynman path integrals, have been applied to Lewinian field--theoretic psychodynamics, resulting in the development of a new concept of life--space foam (LSF) as a natural medium for motivational and cognitive psychodynamics. According to LSF formalisms, the classic Lewinian life space can be macroscopically represented as a smooth manifold with steady force-fields and behavioral paths, while at the microscopic level it is more realistically represented as a collection of wildly fluctuating force-fields, (loco)motion paths and local geometries (and topologies with holes). A set of least-action principles is used to model the smoothness of global, macro-level LSF paths, fields and geometry. To model the corresponding local, micro-level LSF structures, an adaptive path integral is used, defining a multi-phase and multi-path (multi-field and multi-geometry) transition process from intention to goal-driven action. Application examples of this new approach include (but are not limited to) information processing, motivational fatigue, learning, memory and decision-making.

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          25 May 2008
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          10.1016/j.physa.2007.04.025
          0805.3861
          85b08c04-395e-4e48-82af-d5acb1004a2d

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          Physica A 382, 616-630, (2007)
          25 pages, 2 figures, elsart
          q-bio.NC q-bio.QM

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