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Michael Kimmel

2 papers in the library · publishing 2024-2026

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The dynamic entanglement of bodily and cognitive aspects of skill: Assimilation or processual coalescence?

Acta Psychologica March 1, 2026 Michael Kimmel

A striking feature of expert performance "in the wild" is how experts fluidly mesh or alternate between multiple kinds of competencies. To do justice to this fact, both, an integrative theory and methodology are called for. My first task is to provide a review of different theory frameworks of skills in the motor domain, which reveals great differences of emphasis. While cognitivist approaches...

Inviting systemic self-organization: Competencies for complexity regulation from a post-cognitivist perspective

Journal of Dynamic Decision Making January 6, 2024 Michael Kimmel

This contribution discusses competencies needed for regulating systems with properties of multi-causality and non-linear dynamics (therapeutic, economical, organizational, socio-political, technical, ecological, etc.). Various research communities have contributed insights, but none has come forward with an inclusive framework. To advance the debate, I propose to draw from dynamic systems...