How Moving Together Brings Us Together: When Coordinated Rhythmic Movement Affects Cooperation.

ABSTRACT: Although it is well established that rhythmically coordinating with a social partner can increase cooperation, it is as yet unclear when and why intentional coordination has such effects. We distinguish three dimensions along which explanations might vary. First, pro-social effects might require in-phase synchrony or simply coordination. Second, the effects of rhythmic movements on cooperation might be direct or mediated by an intervening variable. Third, the pro-social effects might occur in proportion to the quality of the coordination, or occur once some threshold amount of coordination has occurred. We report an experiment and two follow-ups which sought to identify which classes of models are required to account for the positive effects of coordinated rhythmic movement on cooperation.

SUBMITTER: Cross L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5177969 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature