{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(3)"],"submitter":["Wilson S"],"pubmed_abstract":["We tested the hypothesis that the social act of moving through space with others-collective directional movement-is associated with greater levels of group cohesion compared to static activities. We asked participants to imagine participating in activities as part of a same-sex group and found that imagining going on a journey is associated with higher levels of expected cohesion compared to imagining attending a meeting (Study 1) or an event (Study 2). Study 3 replicates the main effect using different manipulations and finds that it persists regardless of whether the imagined group were friends or strangers. Two further studies employed real-world tasks and show that the effect is not a consequence of goal ascription (Study 4) or synchrony/exertion (Study 5). We argue that the link betwe"],"journal":["Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior"],"pagination":["1474704918792134"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10480943"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Traveling Groups Stick Together: How Collective Directional Movement Influences Social Cohesion."],"pmcid":["PMC10480943"],"pubmed_authors":["Dolan LC","Wilson S","Watson M","Bassiou E","Denli A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Traveling Groups Stick Together: How Collective Directional Movement Influences Social Cohesion.","description":"We tested the hypothesis that the social act of moving through space with others-collective directional movement-is associated with greater levels of group cohesion compared to static activities. We asked participants to imagine participating in activities as part of a same-sex group and found that imagining going on a journey is associated with higher levels of expected cohesion compared to imagining attending a meeting (Study 1) or an event (Study 2). Study 3 replicates the main effect using different manipulations and finds that it persists regardless of whether the imagined group were friends or strangers. Two further studies employed real-world tasks and show that the effect is not a consequence of goal ascription (Study 4) or synchrony/exertion (Study 5). We argue that the link betwe","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul-Sep","modification":"2026-06-04T09:34:08.757Z","creation":"2025-04-21T15:37:59.234Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10480943","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30071757"],"doi":["10.1177/1474704918792134"]}}