Scientific Output

Below is a list of my peer-reviewed scientific publications and other academic communications. Names of undergraduate students are underlined.

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

  1. Kelty-Stephen, D. G. & Mangalam, M. (2024). In Search for an Alternative to the Computer Metaphor of the Mind and Brain. Book proposal under review.
  2. Mangalam, M., Hajnal, A., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2023). The Modern Legacy of Gibson’s Affordances for the Sciences of Organisms. Routledge, New York, NY.

FORTHCOMING PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Sadri, A., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Kiyono, K., & Mangalam, M. Reproducible, generalizable, and individualizable digital biomarkers of physical and mental health.
  2. Mangalam, M., Hasselman, F., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. Embracing non-ergodicity for reproducible, generalizable, and individualizable assessment of disability and functional recovery.
  3. Mangalam, M., Furmanek, M., Lockwood, K., Tunik, E., & Yarossi, M. Control of aperture closure as a unifying goal for coordination between reach and grasp.
  4. Mangalam, M., Seleznov, I., Popov, A., Likens, A. D., Hellman, A. H., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Stergiou, N., & Kiyono, K. Postural anisotropy in Parkinson’s disease.
  5. Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Hayano, J., Watanabe, E., & Kiyono, K. Quantifying cascade-like interactivity in physiological signals using an estimator of non-Gaussianity.
  6. Mangalam, M. & Likens, A. The effects of additive noise, short-term memory, and trends on the Bayesian estimation of the fractal Hurst exponent.
  7. Wiles, T. M., Manifrenti, M. K., Kim, S. K., Brink, K. J., Charles, A. E., Grunkemeyer, A. Sommerfeld, J. H., Mangalam, M., & Likens, A. D. Ten simple rules for using Bayesian statistics.
  8. Wilson, T., Mangalam, M., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. Multifractality in stride-to-stride variations reveals that walking involves more movement tuning and adjusting than running.
  9. Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Sommerfeld, J., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. Temporal organization of stride-to-stride variations contradicts predictive models for sensorimotor control of walking.
  10. Mangalam, M., Sadri, A., Hayano, J., Watanabe, E., Seleznov, I., Kiyono, K., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. Reproducible biomarkers: Leveraging nonlinear descriptors in the face of non-ergodicity.
  11. Mangalam, M. & Avci, P. Author CRediT score (ACS): An order independent measure of author contribution based on CRediT statement.
  12. Wiles, T. M., Mangalam, M., Sommerfeld, J. H., Kim, S. K., Brink, K. J., Charles, A. E., Grunkemeyer, A. Manifrenti, M. E. K., Stergiou, N., Mastorakis, S., and Likens, A. D. NONAN GaitPrint: An IMU gait database of healthy young adults.
  13. Mangalam, M., Buckingham, G., & Borst, C. W. Naturalistic grasping in virtual reality requires bio-inspired collision handling.
  14. Mangalam, M., Sommerfeld, J., Wilson, T., & Likens, A. Optimizing a Bayesian method for estimating the Hurst exponent in behavioral sciences.
  15. Likens, A. D. Mangalam, M., Wong, A., Charles, A. E., & Mills, C. Better than DFA? A Bayesian method for estimating the Hurst exponent in behavioral sciences.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Mangalam, M., Metzler, R., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2023). Ergodic characterization of nonergodic anomalous diffusion processes. Physical Review Research 000, 000000.
  2. Kelty-Stephen, D. G. & Mangalam, M. (2023). Multifractal descriptors ergodically characterize non-ergodic multiplicative cascade processes. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 617, 128651.
  3. Gupta, A., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Mangalam, M., McKindles, R. J. & Stirling, L. A. (2023). Walking speed and dual-task input modality impact performance on a self-paced treadmill. Applied Ergonomics 109, 103986.
  4. Aiempichitkijkarn, N., Eshchar, Y., Mangalam, M., Izar, P., Resende, B., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2023). What predicts expertise at cracking palm nuts by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)? Animal Behaviour 197, 1–14.
  5. Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Lee, J., Cole, K. R., Shields, R. K., & Mangalam, M. (2023). Multifractal nonlinearity moderates feedforward and feedback responses to suprapostural perturbations. Perceptual and Motor Skills XXX(X), XXX–XXX.
  6. Mangalam, M., Skiadopoulos, A., Siu, K.-C., Mukherjee, M., Likens, A., & Stergiou, N. (2023). Leveraging a virtual alley with continuously varying width modulates step width variability during self-paced treadmill walking. Neuroscience Letters 793, 136966.
  7. Kelty-Stephen, D. G. & Mangalam, M. (2022). Fractal and multifractal descriptors restore ergodicity broken by non-Gaussianity in time series. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 163, 112568.
  8. Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Lane, E., Bloomfield, L., & Mangalam, M. (2022). Multifractal test for nonlinearity of interactions across scales in time series. Behavior Research Methods XXX(X), XXX–XXX.
  9. Lockwood, L., Bicer, Y., Asghari-Esfeden, S., Zhu, T., Furmanek, M. P., Mangalam, M., Strenge, G., Imbiriba, T., Yarossi, M., Padir, T., Erdogmus, D., & Tunik, E. (2022). Leveraging submovements in prediction and trajectory planning for human-robot handover. PETRA ’22: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments 247–253.
  10. Mangalam, M. & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2022). Ergodic descriptors of non-ergodic stochastic processes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19(189), 20220095.
  11. Mangalam, M., Ross, C. F., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2022). Capuchin monkeys use their semi-prehensile tail as a cantilever. Current Science 122(2), 195–200.
  12. Furmanek, M. P., Mangalam, M., Yarossi, M., Lockwood, K., & Tunik, E. (2022). A kinematic and EMG dataset of online adjustment of reach-to-grasp movements to visual perturbations. Nature Scientific Data 9, 23.
  13. Fragaszy, D. M., Lukemire, J., Reynoso-Cruz, E. R., Villareal, S., Sheheane, S., Quinones, M., & Mangalam, M. (2021). How tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) and humans (Homo sapiens) handle a jointed tool. Journal of Comparative Psychology 135(3), 382–393.
  14. Bloomfield, L., Lane, E., Mangalam, M., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2021). Perceiving and remembering speech depend on multifractal nonlinearity in movements producing and exploring speech. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18(181), 20210272.
  15. Furmanek, M. P., Mangalam, M., Lockwood, K., Smith, A.*, Yarossi, M., & Tunik, E. (2021). Effects of sensory feedback and collider size on reach-to-grasp coordination in haptic-free virtual reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2, 648529.
  16. Mangalam, M. & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2021). Hypothetical control of postural sway. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18(176), 20200951.
  17. Mangalam, M., Yarossi, M., Furmanek, M. P., & Tunik, E. (2021). Control of aperture closure during reach-to-grasp movements in immersive haptic-free virtual reality. Experimental Brain Research 239(5), 1651–1665.
  18. Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Lee, I-C., Carver, N. S., Newell, K. M., & Mangalam, M. (2021). Multifractal roots of suprapostural dexterity. Human Movement Science 76, 102771.
  19. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2021). Proprioceptive afferents differentially contribute to effortful perception of object heaviness and length. Experimental Brain Research 239(4), 1085–1098.
  20. Jacobson, N., Berleman-Paul, Q., Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., & Ralston, C. (2021). Multifractality in postural sway supports quiet eye training in aiming tasks: A study of golf putting. Human Movement Science 75, 102752.
  21. Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Furmanek, M. P., & Mangalam, M. (2021). Multifractality distinguishes reactive from proactive cascades in postural control. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 142, 110471.
  22. Mangalam, M., Lee, I-C., Newell, K. M., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2021). Visual effort moderates postural cascade dynamics. Neuroscience Letters 742, 135511.
  23. Furmanek, M. P., Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., & Juras, G. (2021). Postural constraints recruit shorter-timescale processes into the non-Gaussian cascade processes. Neuroscience Letters 741, 135508.
  24. Mangalam, M., Carver, N. S., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2020). Multifractal signatures of perceptual processing on anatomical sleeves of the human body. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 17(168), 20200328.
  25. Mangalam, M., Carver, N. S., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2020). Global broadcasting of local fractal fluctuations in a bodywide distributed system supports perception via effortful touch. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 135, 109740.
  26. Mangalam, M. & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2020). Multiplicative-cascade dynamics supports whole-body coordination for perception via effortful touch. Human Movement Science 70, 102595.
  27. Mangalam, M., Chen, R., McHugh, T. R., Singh, T., & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2020). Bodywide fluctuations support manual exploration: Fractal fluctuations in posture predict perception of heaviness and length via effortful touch by the hand. Human Movement Science 69, 102543.
  28. Cutts, S. A., Fragaszy, D. M., & Mangalam, M. (2019). Consistent inter-individual differences in susceptibility to bodily illusions. Consciousness and Cognition 76, 102826.
  29. Mangalam, M., Roles, L. K. R., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2019). Distinct perceptuomotor features of percussive tooling in humans (Homo sapiens) and wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinous). Journal of Comparative Psychology 134(1), 84–97.
  30. Mangalam, M., Cutts, S. A., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2019). Sense of ownership and not the sense of agency is spatially bounded within the space reachable with the unaugmented hand. Experimental Brain Research 237(11), XXX–XXX.
  31. Mangalam, M., Conners, J. D., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., & Singh, T. (2019). Fractal fluctuations in muscular activity contribute to judgments of length but not heaviness via dynamic touch. Experimental Brain Research 237(5), 1213–1226.
  32. Mangalam, M., Pacheco, M. M., Fragaszy, D. M., & Newell, K. M. (2019). Perceptual learning of tooling affordances of a jointed object via dynamic touch. Ecological Psychology 31(1), 14–29.
  33. Mangalam, M., Conners, J. D., & Singh, T. (2019). Muscular effort differentially mediates perception of heaviness and length via dynamic touch. Experimental Brain Research 237(1), 237–246.
  34. Mangalam, M., Rein, R., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Bearded capuchin monkeys use joint synergies to stabilize the hammer trajectory while cracking nuts in bipedal stance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1889), 20181797. *Cover Page Article
  35. Mangalam, M. (2018). Emergent coordination with a brain-machine interface: Implications for the neural basis of motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(3), 889–892.
  36. Mangalam, M., Conners, J. D., Fragaszy, D. M., & Newell, K. M. (2018). Location of a grasped object’s effector influences perception of the length of that object via dynamic touch. Experimental Brain Research 236(7), 2107–2121.
  37. Mangalam, M., Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Reply to ‘Tool use and dexterity: Beyond the embodied theory.’ Animal Behaviour 139, e5–e8.
  38. Fragaszy D. M., Mangalam, M. (2018). Tooling. Advances in the Study of Behavior 50, 177–241.
  39. Mangalam, M., Wagman, J. B., & Newell, K. M. (2018). Temperature influences perception of the length of a grasped object via effortful touch. Experimental Brain Research 236(2), 505–516.
  40. Mangalam, M., Pacheco, M. M., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Unique perceptuomotor control of stone hammers in wild monkeys. Biology Letters 14(1), 20170587.
  41. Mangalam, M., Barton, S. A., Wagman, J. B., Fragaszy, D. M., & Newell, K. M. (2017). Perception of the length of an object through dynamic touch is invariant across changes in the medium. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 79(8), 2499–2509.
  42. Mangalam, M., Newell, K. M., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2017). Stone-tool use in wild monkeys: Implications for the study of the body-plus-tool system. Ecological Psychology 29(4), 300–316.
  43. Mangalam, M., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2016). Task-specific temporal organization of percussive movements in wild bearded capuchin monkeys.. Animal Behaviour 114, 129–137.
  44. Classen, D., Kiessling, S. E., Mangalam, M., Kaumanns, W., & Singh, M. (2016). Fission-fusion species under restricted housing conditions: A comparative study of inter-individual interactions and physical proximity in captive bonobos and Bornean orangutans Current Science 110(5), 139–150. *Cover Page Article
  45. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Singh, M. (2016). Self-organization of laterally asymmetric movements as a consequence of space-time optimization. Journal of Theoretical Biology 390, 50–60.
  46. Zaunmair, P., Mangalam, M., Kaumanns, W., Singh, M., & Slotta-Bachmayr, L. (2015). Patterns of dominance relationships among the females of a captive female-only group of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) during the course of the introduction of a new adult male. Current Science 109(4), 803–807.
  47. Mangalam, M. & Karve, S. M. (2015). Comment on “Number-space mapping in the newborn chick resembles humans’ mental number line.” Science 348(6242), 1438–b.
  48. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2015). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts dexterously. Current Biology 25(10), 1334–1339.
  49. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Singh, M. (2015). Division of labor in hand usage is associated with higher hand performance in free-ranging bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. PLoS ONE 10(3), e119337.
  50. Sfar, N., Mangalam, M., Kaumanns, W., & Singh, M. (2014). A comparative assessment of hand preference in captive red howler monkeys, Alouatta seniculus and yellow-breasted capuchin monkeys, Sapajus xanthosternos. PLoS ONE 9(10), e107838
  51. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Singh, M. (2014). Do right-handed monkeys use the right cheek pouch before the left? PLoS ONE 9(5), e97971.
  52. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Singh, M. (2014). Division of labor in hand usage in free-ranging bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. American Journal of Primatology 76(6), 576–585.
  53. Mangalam, M. & Singh, M. (2013). Flexibility in food extraction techniques in urban free-ranging bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. PLoS ONE 8(12), e85497.
  54. Mangalam, M. & Singh, M. (2013). Sex and reproductive state influence the rate of resource acquisition and monopolisation in urban free-ranging dogs, Canis familiaris. Behaviour 150(4), 199–213.
  55. Mangalam, M. & Singh, M. (2013). Differential foraging strategies: Motivation, perception and implementation in urban free-ranging dogs, Canis familiaris. Animal Behaviour 85(2), 763–770.
  56. Das, S., Dutta, S., Mangalam, M., Verma, R., Rath, S., Singh, M., & Kumara, H. (2011). Prioritizing remnant forests for the conservation of Mysore slender lorises (Loris lyddekerianus lyddekerianus) in Karnataka, India through estimation of population density. International Journal of Primatology 32(5), 1153–1160.

PEER-REVIEWED REVIEW / PERSPECTIVE ARTICLES

  1. Mangalam, M., Yarossi, M., Furmanek, M. P., Krakauer, J. W. & Tunik, E. (2023). Investigating and acquiring motor expertise using Virtual Reality. Journal of Neurophysiology 000(00), 000–000.
  2. Kelty-Stephen, D. G. & Mangalam, M. (2022). Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 141, 104810.
  3. Mangalam, M., Fragaszy, D. M., Wagman, J. B., Day, B. G., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Bongers, R. M., Stout, D. W., & Osiurak, F. (2022). On the psychological origins of tool use. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 133, 104521.
  4. Yarossi, M., Mangalam, M., Naufel, S., & Tunik, E. (2021). Virtual Reality as a context for adaptation. Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2, 733076.
  5. Mangalam, M. & Kelty-Stephen, D. G. (2021). Point estimates, Simpson’s paradox, and nonergodicity in biological sciences. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 125, 98–107.
  6. Mangalam, M., González, C., & Singh, T. (2021). Sensory redundancy and perceptual invariance in force production and object manipulation. Current Opinion in Physiology 19, 148–155.
  7. Fragaszy, D. M. & Mangalam, M. (2020). Folk physics in the twenty-first century: Understanding tooling as embodied. Animal Behavior and Cognition 7(3), 457–473.
  8. Fragaszy D. M. & Mangalam, M. (2018). Tooling. Advances in the Study of Behavior 50, 177–241.
  9. Mangalam, M. (2018). Emergent coordination with a brain-machine interface: Implications for the neural basis of motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(3), 889–892.
  10. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Reply to ‘Tool use and dexterity: Beyond the embodied theory.’ Animal Behaviour 139, e5–e8.
  11. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2016). Transforming the body-only system into the body-plus-tool system. Animal Behaviour 117, 115–122.
  12. Mangalam, M., Desai, N., & Singh, M. (2016). Division of labor in hand usage: A democratic approach to explaining manual asymmetries in non-human primates. Current Science 110(9), 1630–1638.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Mangalam, M. (2022). Simpson’s paradox in psychology. In Dunn, D. S. (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  2. Mangalam, M. (2022). Nonergodicity in psychology and neuroscience. In Dunn, D. S. (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  3. Mangalam, M. (2016). What makes a tool. In Shackelford, T. K. & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1–5). New York, NY: Springer.
  4. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2015). Quantifying affordances. In Weast-Knapp, J., Malone, M., & Abney, D. (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action XVIII (pp. 199–202). New York, NY: Psychology Press.

EDITORIALS

  1. Karve, S. M. & Mangalam, M. (2016). Junior researchers: Hasty publication compromises rigour. Nature 531(7594), 305.
  2. Nettimi, R. P., Mangalam, M., & Singh, M. (2015). Why not be an early bird researcher? Current Science 108(6), 1027–1028.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

  1. Mangalam, M., Roles, L. K. R., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Identifying distinguishing features of perceptuomotor control of stone tools in humans and bearded capuchins monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 80(S1), 39–40.
  2. Mangalam, M. (2018). Haptic perception in motor control, at land, in water, in air, and in space, of a fish’s fin, a flamingo’s neck, a monkey’s tail, a snake’s spine, and a bat’s wing. Integrative & Comparative Biology 58(suppl_1), e143.
  3. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Joint synergies in nut cracking in wild bearded capuchin monkeys. Integrative & Comparative Biology 58(suppl_1), e371.
  4. Mangalam, M., Matheus, M. M., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2017). How wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts. Integrative & Comparative Biology 57(suppl_1), e337.
  5. Mangalam, M., Roles, L. K. R., & Fragaszy, D. M. (2017). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys outperform humans in cracking nuts. Integrative & Comparative Biology 57(suppl_1), e104.
  6. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2016). Embodied foundations of stone tool use shared by humans and bearded capuchin monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159(S62), 218.
  7. Mangalam, M. & Fragaszy, D. M. (2015). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts dexterously. Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Perception–Action 86.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS*

*I carry a thick Indian accent that is fading at the speed of sound.

  1. Is non-ergodicity a cause of the reproducibility crises? Ergodicity Economics Cascais, Portugal | February 2–3, 2022.
  2. Exploring multifractal roots of suprapostural dexterity using ergodic descriptors of nonergodic postural fluctuations. North American International Society for Ecological Psychology Hattiesburg, MS | June 23–25, 2022.
  3. Multifractal nonlinearity in movements producing and exploring speech supports perceiving and remembering speech. North American International Society for Ecological Psychology Hattiesburg, MS | June 23–25, 2022.
  4. Wild monkeys structure motor variability to stand bipedally while using stone hammers. International Society for Ecological Psychology Normal, IL | June 27–28, 2018.
  5. What stone tool-using wild monkeys can tell us about prehistoric toolmakers and cyborgs. Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago Chicago, IL | March 12, 2018.
  6. Haptic perception in motor control, at land, in water, in air, and space, of a fish’s fin, a flamingo’s neck, a monkey’s tail, a snake’s spine, and a bat’s wing. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology San Francisco, CA | Jan 3–7, 2018.
  7. Identifying distinguishing features of perceptuomotor control of stone tools in humans and bearded capuchin monkeys. American Society for Primatologists Washington, DC | Aug 25–28, 2017.
  8. Perceptual-motor control of stone tools in wild monkeys: Implications for the origins of stone-tool manufacture in hominins. 7th Annual Graduate Students & Postdocs in Science Day, University of Georgia Athens, GA | April 17, 2017.
  9. Perceptual-motor control of stone tools in wild monkeys: Implications for the origins of stone-tool manufacture in hominins. 40th Annual Psi Chi Convention, University of Georgia Athens, GA | April 14, 2017.
  10. How wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology New Orleans, LA | Jan 4–8, 2017.
  11. Biomechanical analysis of the affordances of anvil-and-hammer tools in wild bearded capuchin monkeys. International Society for Ecological Psychology Clemson, SC | June 20–22, 2016.
  12. Embodied foundations of stone tool use shared by humans and bearded capuchin monkeys. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Atlanta, GA | April 13–16, 2016.
  13. Wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts dexterously. XVIII International Conference on Perception–Action Minneapolis, MN | July 14–18, 2015.