How our hearts beat together: a study on physiological synchronization based on a self-paced joint motor task.

ABSTRACT: Cardiac physiological synchrony is regarded as an important component of social interaction due to its putative role in prosocial behaviour. Yet, the processes underlying physiological synchrony remain unclear. We aim to investigate these processes. 20 dyads (19 men, 21 women, age range 18-35) engaged in a self-paced interpersonal tapping synchronization task under different levels of tapping synchrony due to blocking of sensory communication channels. Applying wavelet transform coherence analysis, significant increases in heart rate synchronization from baseline to task execution were found with no statistically significant difference across conditions. Furthermore, the control analysis, which assessed synchrony between randomly combined dyads of participants showed no difference from the

SUBMITTER: Flory S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368740 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature