ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the parable of the ant on the beach as a common theme that can be used to explore ways to unpack behavior trajectories in order to make sense of the dynamics of human experience. Dynamics is a formal branch of physics that deals with physical forces and their relation to motion. However, more generally, dynamics refers to patterns of change over time. Examining behavior over time can be essential in order to discover the underlying dynamics of a system. The frequency domain response can be used to make inferences about dynamic constraints within the ant, just as D. T. McRuer and H. R. Jex were able to use the frequency response in a compensatory tracking task to build a model of the human pilot. By mapping the dynamic constraints on the state space, it is possible to partition the space to show the Field of Safe Travel.
