ArticleCommunications psychology2024
Social and nonsocial synchrony are interrelated and romantically attractive.
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- Social Physiology: Human homeostasis is more efficient in social proximity.Science advances · 2026Article
- The MultiSOCIAL Toolbox: An open-source toolkit for advancing multimodal interaction research.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Interpersonal Synchronization of Autonomic Physiology via Mere Visual Contact.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- What makes partners attractive? Slovak adaptation and psychometric validation of the Interpersonal Attraction Scale and its short forms.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Cardiac synchrony, peer relationships, and affective experiences in children during group interactions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Interbrain synchrony and its potential role in modulating the impact of traumatic events.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Women's intuition as attunement: a biological and social perspective.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Review
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Abstract
The mechanisms of romantic bonding in humans are largely unknown. Recent research suggests that physiological synchrony between partners is associated with bonding. This study combines an experimental approach with a naturalistic dating setup to test whether the individual differences in social and nonsocial synchrony are interdependent, and linked to romantic attractiveness. In a preregistered online experiment with 144 participants, we discover that inducing physiological synchrony between an actor and an actress determines their attractiveness ratings by participants, indicating that synchrony can increase perceived attraction. In a lab-based naturalistic speed-dating experiment, we quantify in 48 participants the individual tendency for social physiological synchrony, nonsocial sensorimotor synchrony, and romantic attractiveness. We discover that the individual propensity to synchronize in social and nonsocial tasks is correlated. Some individuals synchronize better regardless of partners or tasks, and such Super Synchronizers are rated as more attractive. Altogether, this demonstrates that humans prefer romantic partners who can synchronize.
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