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  Evaluating the Dynamics of Unintended Interpersonal Coordination
 
 
Title: Evaluating the Dynamics of Unintended Interpersonal Coordination
Author: Schmidt, R. C.
O'Brien, Beth
Appeared in: Ecological psychology
Paging: Volume 9 (1997) nr. 3 pages 189-206
Year: 1997-09-01
Contents: Past research has shown that interpersonal interactions are characterized by a tacit coordination of motor movements of the participants and has suggested that the emergent synchrony might be explained by a coupled oscillator dynamic. This study investigates whether unintended between-person coordination can be demonstrated in a laboratory task that will allow an evaluation of whether such dynamical processes are involved. Ten pairs of participants performed a simple rhythmic task in which they had visual information about each other's movements but had no goal to coordinate. A cross-spectral analysis of the movements revealed higher coherence and a distribution of relative phase angles that was dominated by values near 0 deg. and 180 deg. These results support the hypothesis that dynamical organizing principles are involved in natural interpersonal synchrony.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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