Coordinative structures as scale-free networks: Cascade and percolation dynamics in motor learning with empirical validation

Chulwook Park

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014523

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Coordinative structures as scale-free networks: Cascade and percolation dynamics in motor learning with empirical validation

Chulwook Park

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: pcw8531@snu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Systemic Risk and Resilience, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, Complexity Science and Evolution, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-5760

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Coordinative structures as scale-free networks: Cascade and percolation dynamics in motor learning with empirical validation

Chulwook Park

Published: July 21, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014523

About the Authors

Chulwook Park

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: pcw8531@snu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Systemic Risk and Resilience, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, Complexity Science and Evolution, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-5760

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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