ArticlePloS one2021
Speaking out of turn: How video conferencing reduces vocal synchrony and collective intelligence.
Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Interpersonal coordination in communication: effects of alignment in multiple modalities on objective and subjective task outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Wearable Systems for Unveiling Collective Intelligence in Clinical Settings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Automated extraction of speech and turn-taking parameters in autism allows for diagnostic classification using a multivariable prediction model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Correction: Speaking out of turn: How video conferencing reduces vocal synchrony and collective intelligence.PloS one · 2023Article
- Conversation dynamics in a multiplayer video game with knowledge asymmetry.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Dissolving the Dichotomies Between Online and Campus-Based Teaching: a Collective Response toPostdigital science and education · 2022Article
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- Erratum issued
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5 authors.
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Abstract
Collective intelligence (CI) is the ability of a group to solve a wide range of problems. Synchrony in nonverbal cues is critically important to the development of CI; however, extant findings are mostly based on studies conducted face-to-face. Given how much collaboration takes place via the internet, does nonverbal synchrony still matter and can it be achieved when collaborators are physically separated? Here, we hypothesize and test the effect of nonverbal synchrony on CI that develops through visual and audio cues in physically-separated teammates. We show that, contrary to popular belief, the presence of visual cues surprisingly has no effect on CI; furthermore, teams without visual cues are more successful in synchronizing their vocal cues and speaking turns, and when they do so, they have higher CI. Our findings show that nonverbal synchrony is important in distributed collaboration and call into question the necessity of video support.
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