Fig. 3: Illustration of Kuramoto order parameter background.
From: Neurophysiological avenues to better conceptualizing adaptive cognition
The Kuramoto order parameter (1.3) encodes the level of synchrony of a phase oscillator population. The state of each oscillator is given by a phase θi (black dot, empty arrow) on the circle T. The left part of the figure shows a configuration with high synchrony where r = |Z| ≈ 1. The middle part of the figure shows a configuration with r = |Z| ≈ 0 where the oscillators are approximately uniformly distributed on the circle. Also the right part of the figure shows a configuration of oscillations with r = |Z| ≈ 0, which is organized into two clusters.
