Nia Amazeen
Professor,
Psychology
Other ASU affiliations
Biosocial Complexity Initiative
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity (CSDC)
Institute for Social Science Research
Institute for Social Science Research Affiliated Faculty
Senior Global Futures Scientist,
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
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Phone: 480-727-7075
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Department of Psychology P. O. Box 871104 Arizona State University TEMPE, AZ 85287-1104
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Mail code: 1104Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Dr. Polemnia G. Amazeen is a professor in the Department of Psychology (Cognition, Action, and Perception) at Arizona State University. Dr. Amazeen earned her PhD in 1996 from the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action at the University of Connecticut and completed her postdoctoral training at the Faculty of Human Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit—Amsteram. Dr. Amazeen serves as the Secretary and is on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Ecological Psychology (ISEP). Her research is concerned with identifying common lawful mathematical principles, principles of dynamical similitude, that govern the behavior of systems that appear to be very different but demonstrate the same basic behavior patterns. She draws upon existing dynamical methods from across the sciences to explore commonalities over a broad range of disparate psychological systems, including motor coordination, cognition, perception, team (social) processes, human-robot interactions, development, clinical psychology, neuroscience, and animal behavior. She develops new dynamical methods to explore the detection of dynamical relations in real-time and to analyze multiscale phenomena.
Education
Ph.D., Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut 1996
Postdoctoral Training, Vrije Universiteit - Amsterdam
Video
Research Website URL
Research Group
Dynamics of Perception, Action, and Cognition (DPAC)
Publications
- Gibbons, C. T., Amazeen, P. G., & Likens, A. D. (in press). Effects of foot-placement on postural sway in the AP and ML directions. Motor Control.
- Amazeen, P. G., & Amazeen, E. L. (2017). A systems approach to perception and action. Ecological Psychology, 29 (3), 213–220.
- Gorman, J. C., Amazeen, P. G., Crites, M. J., and Gipson, C. L. (2017). Deviations from mirroring in interpersonal multifrequency coordination when visual information is occluded. Experimental Brain Research, 235 (4), 1209-1221.
- Gorman, J. C., Martin, M. J., Dunbars, T. A., Stevens, R. H., Galloway, T. L., Amazeen, P. G., & Likens, A. D. (2016). Cross-level effects between neurophysiological and cognitive-behavioral levels of analysis during team training. Human Factors, 58 (1), 181-199.
- Waddell, M. L., Fine, J. M., Likens, A., Amazeen, E. L., & Amazeen, P. G. (2016). Perceived heaviness in the Context of Newton’s 2ndLaw: Combined effects of muscle activity and lifting kinematics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42 (3),363-374.
- Fine, J. M., Likens, A. D., Amazeen, E. L., & Amazeen, P. G. (2015). Emergent complexity matching in interpersonal coordination: Local dynamics and global variability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(3), 723-737.
- Likens, A. D., Fine, J. M., Amazeen, E. L., & Amazeen, P. G. (2015). Experimental control of scaling behavior: What is not fractal? Experimental Brain Research, 233, 2813-2821.
- Hessler, E. E., & Amazeen, P. G. (2014). Learning and transfer in motor-respiratory coordination. Human Movement Science, 33, 321-342.
- Likens, A. D., Amazeen, P. G.,Stevens, R., Galloway, T., & Gorman, J. (2014). Neural signatures of team coordination are revealed by multifractal analysis. Social Neuroscience, 9, 219-234.
- Didonato, M. D., England, D., Martin, C. L, & Amazeen, P. G. (2013). Dynamical analysis for the social sciences: A primer for intrigued scientists, Human Development, 56, 59-75.
- Stevens, R., Gorman, J., Amazeen, P. G., Likens, A., & Galloway, T. (2013). The organizational neurodynamics of teams. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 17, 67-86.
- Didonato, M. D., Martin, C. L, Hessler, E. E., Amazeen, P. G., Hanish, L. D., & Fabes, R. A. (2012). Gender-consistency and flexibility: Using dynamics to understand the relation between gender and adjustment. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 14, 27-46.
- Gorman, J. C., Cooke, N. J., Amazeen, P. G., & Fouse, S. (2012). Measuring patterns in team interaction sequences using a discrete recurrence approach. Human Factors, 54, 503-517.
- Gorman, J. C., Hessler, E. E., Amazeen, P. G., Cooke, N. J., & Shope, S. M. (2012). Dynamical analysis in real time: Detecting perturbations to team communication. Ergonomics, 55, 825-839.
- Holden, J. G., Choi, I., Amazeen, P. G.,& Van Orden, G. C. (2011). Fractal 1/f dynamics suggest entanglement of measurement and human performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37, 935-948.
- Finan, P. H., Hessler, E. E., Amazeen, P. G., Butner, J., Zautra, A. J., & Tennen, H. (2010). Oscillations in daily pain prediction accuracy. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 14, 27-46.
- Gonzales, L. M., Hessler, E. E., & Amazeen, P. G. (2010). Perceptual constraints on frequency ratio performance in motor-respiratory coordination. Ecological Psychology, 22, 1-24.
- Gorman, J. C., Amazeen, P. G.,& Cooke, N. J. (2010). Team coordination dynamics. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 14,265-289.
- Gorman, J. C., Cooke, N. J. & Amazeen, P. G. (2010). Training adaptive teams. Human Factors, 52, 295-307.
- Winner of the HFES Jerome H.Ely Award for Best Paper in Human Factors.
- Hessler, E. E., Gonzales, L. M., & Amazeen, P. G. (2010). Displays that facilitate performance of multifrequency ratios during motor-respiratory coordination. Acta Psychologica, 133, 96-105
Research Activity
- Amazeen, Polemnia, & Cooke,Nancy. Monitoring Extracting and Decoding Indicators of Cognitive Load (MEDIC II). US Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) with Charles River Associates. (2015 - 2016).
- Amazeen, Polemnia. Collaborative Research: Multifrequency coordination in dyads and teams. National Science Foundation (NSF) with Jamie Gorman (Georgia Tech) (2013 - 2017).
- Amazeen, Polemnia. Modeling the Neurodynamics of Submarine Piloting and Navigation Teams. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) with The Learning Chameleon and Texas Tech (2012 - 2014).
- Amazeen, Polemnia. Rapid Assessment of Team Cognitive Readiness. Office of Naval Research (ONR) with Sandia Research Corporation (2011).
- Amazeen, Polemnia. Dynamical Modeling of Communications for Assessment and Enhancement of Team Performance. Office of Naval Research (ONR) with Sandia Research Corporation (2007 - 2011).
- Cooke, Nancy, & Amazeen, Polemnia. Automatic Tagging of Macrocognitive Collaborative Processes Through Communication Analyses. Office of Naval Research (ONR) (2007 - 2008).
- Amazeen, Polemnia, & Hinrichs, Richard. Dynamics of Motor-Respiratory Coupling. National Science Foundation (NSF) (2005 - 2009).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 576 | Dynamical Systems in Psych |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 576 | Dynamical Systems in Psych |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 592 | Research |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 576 | Dynamical Systems in Psych |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
Presentations
- Amazeen, P. G. Introduction to dynamical systems. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Amazeen, P. G., & Butner, J. Dynamics of social interaction: A search for universals. International Conference on Complex Systems, Tempe, AZ.
- Amazeen, P. G. Modeling social interaction: Multifrequency coordination. Computationally intensive modeling of social interaction, University of Arizona Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ.
- Amazeen, P. G., Hessler, E. E., & Gorman, J. C. Learning dynamics: Lessons from attractor reconstruction. Santa Fe Institute and Friam Group.
Professional Associations
The International Society for Ecological Psychology - Secretary, Board of Directors, Nominations Committee
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History
Post-Doctoral Fellow
J. C. Gorman
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees
J. G. Holden
J. E. Butner
D. Lantero
J. C. Gorman
E. Hessler (Chair)
M. DiDonato
T. Sasaki
J. Fine
A. Likens (Chair)
A. Danvers
M. Demir
Y. Cho (Expected 2018)
J. Jackson (Expected 2018)
C. Gibbons (Chair) (Expected 2019)
Service
Community Service:
- Scientific Method, field trips for refugee students and elementary students from Title I schools
- Science! - scientific outreach to area schools.
- Math in Our Behavior - scientific outreach to area schools.
- Motor-Respiratory Coordination and Posture and Balance - science lessons for area schools.
- Women's Mentoring Day - at area high school.
- SCience and ENgineeering Experience (SCENE), ASU program for high school students
- Night of the Open Door - ASU community outreach