Predicting social experience from dyadic interaction dynamics: the BallGame, a novel paradigm to study social engagement.

ABSTRACT: Theories of embodied cognition suggest that a shared environment and ongoing sensorimotor interaction are central for interpersonal learning and engagement. To investigate the embodied, distributed and hence dynamically unfolding nature of social cognitive capacities, we present a novel laboratory-based coordination task: the BallGame. Our paradigm requires continuous sensing and acting between two players who jointly steer a virtual ball around obstacles towards as many targets as possible. By analysing highly resolved measures of movement coordination and gaming behaviour, game-concurrent experience ratings, semi-structured interviews, and personality questionnaires, we reveal contributions from different levels of observation on social experience. In particular, successful coordination

SUBMITTER: Lubbert A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344780 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature