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Akifumi Kijima

University of YamanashiORCID 0000-0002-3040-6007Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Symmetry breaking and social coordination in children: Using group theory to understand emergent patterns of multi-agent coordination

Akifumi Kijima, Motoki Okumura, Hiroyuki Shima, Rachel W. Kallen, Michael J. Richardson, Yuji Yamamoto

This study uses group theory to show that environmental symmetry constraints collective coordination in children's triadic jumping tasks, with dispositional asymmetries modulating the patterns.

bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition