@inbook{0fc2390eb1c74615a3d4723ba21dc4f2,
title = "Symmetry-breaking and the contextual emergence of human multiagent coordination and social activity",
abstract = "Here we review a range of interpersonal and multiagent phenomena that demonstrate how the formal and conceptual principles of symmetry, and spontaneous and explicit symmetry-breaking, can be employed to investigate, understand, and model the lawful dynamics that underlie selforganized social action and behavioral coordination. In doing so, we provided a brief introduction to group theory and discuss how symmetry groups can be used to predict and explain the patterns of multiagent coordination that are possible within a given task context. Finally, we argue that the theoretical principles of symmetry and symmetry-breaking provide an ideal and highly generalizable framework for understanding the behavioral order that characterizes everyday social activity.",
author = "Richardson, {Michael J.} and Kallen, {Rachel W.}",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1142/9789814730617_0011",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789814730600",
series = "Advanced series on mathematical psychology",
publisher = "World Scientific",
pages = "229--286",
editor = "Dzhafarov, {Ehtibar } and Jordan, {Scott } and Zhang, {Ru } and Cervantes, {Victor }",
booktitle = "Contextuality from quantum physics to psychology",
address = "United States",
}