A neuro-mechanical model for interpersonal coordination

Biological cybernetics
Aymar de RugyJean-Jacques Temprado

Abstract

The present study investigates the coordination between two people oscillating handheld pendulums, with a special emphasis on the influence of the mechanical properties of the effector systems involved. The first part of the study is an experiment in which eight pairs of participants are asked to coordinate the oscillation of their pendulum with the other participant's in an in-phase or antiphase fashion. Two types of pendulums, A and B, having different resonance frequencies (Freq A=0.98 Hz and Freq B=0.64 Hz), were used in different experimental combinations. Results confirm that the preferred frequencies produced by participants while manipulating each pendulum individually were close to the resonance frequencies of the pendulums. In their attempt to synchronize with one another, participants met at common frequencies that were influenced by the mechanical properties of the two pendulums involved. In agreement with previous studies, both the variability of the behavior and the shift in the intended relative phase were found to depend on the task-effector asymmetry, i.e., the difference between the mechanical properties of the effector systems involved. In the second part of the study, we propose a model to account for these ...Continue Reading

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Nov 2, 2007·Experimental Brain Research·Aymar de RugyJean-Jacques Temprado
Sep 29, 2011·Experimental Brain Research·Winona Snapp-ChildsGeoffrey P Bingham
Jun 1, 2012·Biological cybernetics·Alexander MörtlSandra Hirche
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