Being ‘In Sync’–Is Interactional Synchrony The Key To Understanding The Social Brain?

Autor(en)

Annett Schirmer, Merle Fairhurst, Stefanie Hoehl

Abstrakt

The past couple of decades produced a surge of interest in interaction synchrony. Moving from the study of behavioral coordination to investigating the coordination of psychophysiological and brain activity, relevant research has tackled a broad range of interactional settings with a multitude of measurement and analysis tools. This method diversity produced a host of interesting results converging on the fact that individuals engaged in social exchange tend to temporally align external as well as internal processes. Moreover, there appears to be a reciprocal relationship between the individuals’ affective bond and the extent of synchronization, which together benefit interaction outcomes. Notably, however, the current breadth of study approaches creates challenges for the field, including how to compare findings and how to develop a theoretical framework that unites and directs ongoing research efforts. More concerted efforts are called for to achieve the conceptual and methodological clarity needed to answer core questions and enabling a balanced pursuit of both synchronous and asynchronous processes.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung

Externe Organisation(en)

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Journal

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Band

16

Seiten

1-4

Anzahl der Seiten

4

ISSN

1749-5016

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa148

Publikationsdatum

10-2020

ÖFOS 2012

501005 Entwicklungspsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/723a6916-61d8-4108-94d5-6a881a4cb476