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Wavelength rests on BAM.
BAM is informed by 45 published sources.

Here is every one of them, drawn from the same file you can download.

Informed by research. Our own constructs are not yet validated.

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1 The map Wavelength to sources. 2 Every source Open a topic to read it. 3 By decade How old the work is. 4 The data file The JSON, drawn out.
One. The shape of it

From Wavelength To The Sources

Wavelength BAM, the engine Five mindsets 20 sources Five traits 15 sources Two people 10 sources

Wavelength is what you use.
BAM is the engine under it.

Three groups of research inform BAM.
15 topics in all, 45 sources.

Two. Every source

One Triangle Per Source

Each row is a topic.
Each triangle is a source. Tap a row to read them.

Five mindsets How people think

Analytical4
Cognitive psychology, reasoning and executive function
  • Baddeley, A. (1992). Working memory. Science, 255(5044), 556–559.
  • Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. (2000). Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23(5), 645–665.
  • Goel, V., & Dolan, R. J. (2003). Explaining modulation of reasoning by belief. Cognition, 87(1), B11–B22.
Relational4
Relational psychoanalysis and attachment theory
  • Mitchell, S. A. (1988). Relational concepts in psychoanalysis. Harvard University Press.
  • Stolorow, R. D., Brandchaft, B., & Atwood, G. E. (1987). Psychoanalytic treatment: An intersubjective approach. Analytic Press.
  • Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment. Basic Books.
  • Fonagy, P., & Target, M. (1997). Attachment and reflective function. Development and Psychopathology, 9(4), 679–700.
Operational4
Organizational psychology and task cognition
  • Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1976). Motivation through the design of work. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16(2), 250–279.
  • Salas, E., Sims, D. E., & Burke, C. S. (2005). Is there a “big five” in teamwork? Small Group Research, 36(5), 555–599.
  • Kirsh, D. (1995). The intelligent use of space. Artificial Intelligence, 73(1–2), 31–68.
  • Tversky, B. (2011). Visualizing thought. Topics in Cognitive Science, 3(3), 499–535.
Visionary4
Abstract thinking, symbolic imagination and foresight
  • Barsalou, L. W. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617–645.
  • Suddendorf, T., & Corballis, M. C. (2007). The evolution of foresight. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(3), 299–313.
  • Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press.
  • Boyer, P. (2008). Evolutionary economics of mental time travel. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(6), 219–224.
Political4
Political psychology, social influence and ideology
  • Jost, J. T., Federico, C. M., & Napier, J. L. (2009). Political ideology. Annual Review of Psychology, 60, 307–337.
  • Cialdini, R. B. (2007). Influence: The psychology of persuasion. HarperCollins.
  • Hibbing, J. R., Smith, K. B., & Alford, J. R. (2014). Differences in negativity bias underlie variations in political ideology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(3), 297–307.
  • Tetlock, P. E. (2002). Social functionalist frameworks for judgment and choice: Intuitive politicians, theologians, and prosecutors. Psychological Review, 109(3), 451–471.

Five traits How people say it

Directness3
Pragmatics, and high-context versus low-context communication
  • Hall, E. T. (1976). Beyond culture. Anchor Books.
  • Grice, H. P. (1975). Logic and conversation. Syntax and Semantics, 3, 41–58.
  • Levinson, S. C. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge University Press.
Emotionality3
Affective neuroscience and emotional communication
  • Panksepp, J. (1998). Affective neuroscience. Oxford University Press.
  • Barrett, L. F. (2017). How emotions are made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • Keltner, D., & Lerner, J. S. (2010). Emotion. In Handbook of social psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 317–352).
Structure preference3
Executive function and cognitive control
  • Miyake, A., et al. (2000). The unity and diversity of executive functions. Cognitive Psychology, 41(1), 49–100.
  • Norman, D. A., & Shallice, T. (1986). Attention to action. In Consciousness and self-regulation (Vol. 4, pp. 1–18).
  • Baddeley, A. (2003). Working memory: Looking back and looking forward. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4, 829–839.
Detail density3
Cognitive load and information processing
  • Sweller, J. (1988). Cognitive load during problem solving. Cognitive Science, 12(2), 257–285.
  • Ericsson, K. A., & Kintsch, W. (1995). Long-term working memory. Psychological Review, 102(2), 211–245.
  • Tversky, B. (2005). Functional significance of visuospatial representations. In P. Shah & A. Miyake (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of visuospatial thinking. Cambridge University Press.
Implication sensitivity3
Social cognition and theory of mind
  • Frith, C. D., & Frith, U. (2006). The neural basis of mentalizing. Neuron, 50(4), 531–534.
  • Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (1991). Social cognition. McGraw-Hill.
  • Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. Doubleday.

Two people How a pair talks

Dyads and relationship modeling2
How two people are studied as one unit
  • Kenny, D. A., Kashy, D. A., & Cook, W. L. (2006). Dyadic data analysis. Guilford Press.
  • Berscheid, E., & Regan, P. (2005). The psychology of interpersonal relationships. Prentice Hall.
Trust formation2
How trust is built and kept
  • Mayer, R. C., Davis, J. H., & Schoorman, F. D. (1995). An integrative model of organizational trust. Academy of Management Review, 20(3), 709–734.
  • Lewicki, R. J., & Bunker, B. B. (1996). Developing and maintaining trust in work relationships. In R. M. Kramer & T. R. Tyler (Eds.), Trust in organizations (pp. 114–139). Sage.
Conflict psychology2
How disagreement starts and resolves
  • Deutsch, M. (1973). The resolution of conflict. Yale University Press.
  • Thomas, K. W. (1992). Conflict and negotiation processes in organizations. In Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology (2nd ed.). Consulting Psychologists Press.
Communication accommodation2
How people shift their speech toward each other
  • Giles, H., Coupland, N., & Coupland, J. (1991). Contexts of accommodation. Cambridge University Press.
  • Burgoon, J. K., & Hale, J. L. (1987). Validation and measurement of the fundamental themes of relational communication. Communication Monographs, 54(1), 19–41.
Social graphs and networks2
How ties between people shape what travels
  • Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360–1380.
  • Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. (1994). Social network analysis. Cambridge University Press.
Three. How old the work is

Sources By Decade

The list runs from 1959 to 2017.
Some of it is classic, and some of it is recent.

mindsets traits two people

Four. The data file

The JSON Behind The Picture

This map is drawn from one plain file.
Groups hold topics, and topics hold citations.

{
    "title": "The research behind BAM",
    "count": 45,
    "groups": [
        {
            "group": "mindsets",
            "topics": [
                {
                    "topic": "Analytical",
                    "field": "Cognitive psychology, reasoning and executive function",
                    "sources": [4 citations]
                },
                {
                    "topic": "Relational",
                    "field": "Relational psychoanalysis and attachment theory",
                    "sources": [4 citations]
                },
                {
                    "topic": "Operational",
                    "field": "Organizational psychology and task cognition",
                    "sources": [4 citations]
                },
                {
                    "topic": "Visionary",
  ...

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