ArticlePloS one2017
Gender and autistic traits modulate implicit motor synchrony.
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- Interpersonal motor synchrony in autism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Synchrony within, synchrony without: establishing the link between interpersonal behavioural and brain-to-brain synchrony during role-play.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Predicting social experience from dyadic interaction dynamics: the BallGame, a novel paradigm to study social engagement.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Moving Together: Social Motor Synchrony in Autistic Peer Partners Depends on Partner and Activity Type.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Dyadic body competence predicts movement synchrony during the mirror game.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Inter-brain plasticity as a biological mechanism of change in psychotherapy: A review and integrative model.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Components of Interpersonal Synchrony in the Typical Population and in Autism: A Conceptual Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Video-based tracking approach for nonverbal synchrony: A comparison of Motion Energy Analysis and OpenPose.Behavior research methods · 2021Article
- Movement kinematics and cortical activation in children with and without autism spectrum disorder during sway synchrony tasks: an fNIRS study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Keeping in time with social and non-social stimuli: Synchronisation with auditory, visual, and audio-visual cues.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Exploring the "Dark Matter" of Social Interaction: Systematic Review of a Decade of Research in Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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- Individual preferences in motor coordination seen across the two hands: relations to movement stability and optimality.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Effects of Interpersonal Sensorimotor Synchronization on Dyadic Creativity: Gender Matters.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Interpersonal motor synchrony during walking or dancing is universally observed across cultures, and this joint movement was modulated by physical and social parameters. However, human interactions are greatly shaped by our unique traits, and self-related factors are surprisingly little studied in the context of interpersonal motor synchrony. In this study, we investigated two such factors known to be highly associated with motor coordination: gender and autistic traits. We employed a real-world task extending our understanding beyond laboratory tasks. Participants of the same gender were paired up to walk and chat in a natural environment. A cover story was introduced so that participants would not know their walking steps were being recorded and instead believed that their location was being tracked by a global positioning system (GPS), so they would ignore the motor recording. We found that the female pairs' steps were more synchronized than those of the males, and higher autistic tendencies (measured by the autism-spectrum quotient) attenuated synchronous steps. Those who synchronized better had higher impression rating increase for their walking partners (measured by interpersonal judgement scale) than those who synchronized less well. Our results indicated that the participants' joint movements were shaped by predisposed traits and might share similar mechanism with social functions such as empathy.
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