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Nowak, A., Lewenstein, M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1994).  Toward a dynamical social psychology. In R. R. Vallacher & A. Nowak (Eds.).  Dynamical systems in social psychology (pp. 279‑293).  San Diego: Academic Press.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (1998).  Toward computational social psychology:  Cellular automata and neural network models of interpersonal dynamics.  In S. J. Read & L. C. Miller (Eds.), Connectionist models of social reasoning and social behavior (pp. 277-311).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., & Burnstein, E. (1998).  Computational social psychology: A neural network approach to interpersonal dynamics.  In W. Liebrand, A. Nowak, & R. Hegselman (Eds.), Computer modeling and the study of dynamic social processes (pp. 97-125).  New York: Sage.

Nowak, A. Vallacher, R. R., & Zochowski, M. (2002).  The emergence of personality: Personal stability through interpersonal synchronization.  In D. Cervone & W. Mischel (Eds.), Advances in personality science (Vol. 1, pp. 292-331).  New York: Guilford Publications.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Miller, M. E. (2003).  Social influence and group dynamics.  In I. Weiner (Series Ed.) & T. Millon & M. J. Lerner  (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 5.  Personality and social psychology (pp. 383-417). New York: Wiley.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2003).  Computational models of social processes.  In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (Vol. 4, Article 639, pp. 81-84).  London: Nature Publishing Group (Macmillan Publishers). 

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2003).  Synchronization dynamics in close relationships: Coupled logistic maps as a model for interpersonal phenomena.  In W. Klonowski (Series Ed.), Frontiers on nonlinear dynamics: Vol. 2. From quanta to societies (pp. 165-180).  Berlin: Pabst Science Publishers.

Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (2006).  Approaching protracted conflicts as dynamical systems: Guidelines and methods for intervention.  In A. K. Schneider & C. Honeyman (Eds.), The Negotiator’s Fieldbook (pp. 61-74). Chicago: American Bar Association Books.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (in press).  Dynamical social psychology: Finding order in the flow of human experience.  In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2^nd ed).  New York: Guilford Publications.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2007). Dynamical social psychology: Finding order in the flow of human experience. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2nd ed, pp. 734-758). New York: Guilford Publications.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P. T. (2007). Attracted to conflict: A dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In A. Golec & K. Skarzynska (Eds.), Understanding social change: Political psychology in Poland. Haauppague, NY: Nova Science Publishers Ltd.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2007). Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships. In P. Hauf & F. Forsterling (Eds.), Making minds: The shaping of human minds through social context (pp. 31-46). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (in press). Dynamical social psychology: On complexity and coordination in interpersonal relations. In M. Uhl-Bien & R. Marion (Eds.), Complexity and leadership, Volume 1: Conceptual foundations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (in press). The dynamics of human experience: Fundamentals of dynamical social psychology. In S. Guastello, M. Koopmans, & D. Pincus (Eds.), Chaos and complexity in psychology: The theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. Boston: Cambridge University Press.

Seymour, G. E., Gunderson, E. K. E., & Vallacher, R. R. (1973).  Clustering 34 occupational groups by personality dimensions.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 33, 267‑284.

Messe, L. A., Vallacher, R. R., & Phillips, J. L. (1975).  Equity and the formation of revolutionary and conservative coalitions in triads.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 1141‑1146.

Vallacher, R. R., Callahan‑Levy, C. M., & Messe, L. A. (1979).  Sex effects on bilateral bargaining as a function of interpersonal context. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 104‑108.

Knight, J. A., & Vallacher, R. R. (1981).  Interpersonal engagement in social perception: The consequences of getting into the action.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 990‑999.

Watts, B., Messe, L. A., & Vallacher, R. R. (1981).  Toward understanding sex differences in pay allocation: Agency, communion, and reward distribution behavior.  Sex Roles, 8, 1175‑1187

Feldman‑Rotman, S., & Vallacher, R. R. (1982).  The dual‑career family and children's sex‑role preferences.  International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 12, 165‑173.

Wegner, D. M., Vallacher, R. R., Kiersted, G. W., & Dizadji, D. M. (1986).  Action identification in the emergence of social behavior.  Social Cognition, 4, 18‑38.

Vallacher, R. R., & Wegner, D. M. (1987).  What do people think they're doing?  Action identification and human behavior.  Psychological Review, 94, 3‑15.

Vallacher, R. R., Wegner, D. M., & Frederick, J. (1987).  The presentation of self through action identification.  Social Cognition, 5, 301‑322.

Vallacher, R. R., & Selz, K. (1991).  Who's to blame?  Action identification in allocating responsibility for alleged rape.  Social Cognition, 9, 194‑219.

Vallacher, R. R., Wegner, D. M., McMahan, S. C., Cotter, J., & Larsen, K.  A. (1992).  On winning friends and influencing people: Action identification and self‑presentation success.  Social Cognition, 10, 335‑355.

Rudich, E. & Vallacher, R. R.  (1999).  To belong or to self-enhance?  The motivational bases for choosing interaction partners.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1387-1404.

Vallacher, R. R., Read, S. J.,  & Nowak, A. (2002).  The dynamical perspective in personality and  social psychology.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 264-273. 

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R.  (2005).  Information and influence in the construction of shared reality.  IEEE: Intelligent Systems, 20, 90-93.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2005).  Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships.  Interaction Studies, 6, 35-52.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2005).  The emergence of personality: Dynamic foundations of individual variation.  Developmental Review, 25, 351-385.

Murphy, S. M., Vallacher, R. R., Shackelford, T. K., Bjorklund, D. F., & Yunger, J. L. (2006). Relationship experience as a predictor of romantic jealousy.  Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 761-769. 

Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2007). Intractable conflict as an attractor: A dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability. American Behavioral Scientist.