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.
1950s1
1970s5
1980s8
1990s11
2000s15
2010s5
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.
