  How do human beings make sense of their relation to the world and realize
their ability to effect change? Applying modern concepts and methods of
coordination dynamics we demonstrate that patterns of movement and coordination
in 3-4 month-olds may be used to identify states and behavioral phenotypes of
emergent agency. By means of a complete coordinative analysis of baby and
mobile motion and their interaction, we show that the emergence of agency takes
the form of a punctuated self-organizing process, with meaning found both in
movement and stillness.
