Unobtrusive tracking of interpersonal orienting and distance predicts the subjective quality of social interactions.

ABSTRACT: Interpersonal coordination of behaviour is essential for smooth social interactions. Measures of interpersonal behaviour, however, often rely on subjective evaluations, invasive measurement techniques or gross measures of motion. Here, we constructed an unobtrusive motion tracking system that enables detailed analysis of behaviour at the individual and interpersonal levels, which we validated using wearable sensors. We evaluate dyadic measures of joint orienting and distancing, synchrony and gaze behaviours to summarize data collected during natural conversation and joint action tasks. Our results demonstrate that patterns of proxemic behaviours, rather than more widely used measures of interpersonal synchrony, best predicted the subjective quality of the interactions. Increased distance b

SUBMITTER: Lahnakoski JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481680 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature