TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction patterns and individual dynamics shape the way we move in synchrony
AU - Alderisio, Francesco
AU - Fiore, Gianfranco
AU - Salesse, Robin
AU - Bardy, Benoit
AU - Di Bernardo, Mario
PY - 2017/7/28
Y1 - 2017/7/28
N2 - An important open problem in Human Behaviour is to understand how coordination emerges in human ensembles. This problem has been seldom studied quantitatively in the existing literature, in contrast to situations involving dual interaction. Here we study motor coordination (or synchronisation) in a group of individuals where participants are asked to visually coordinate an oscillatory hand motion. We separately tested two groups of seven participants. We observed that the coordination level of the ensemble depends on group homogeneity, as well as on the pattern of visual couplings (who looked at whom). Despite the complexity of social interactions, we show that networks of coupled heterogeneous oscillators with different structures capture well the group dynamics. Our findings are relevant to any activity requiring the coordination of several people, as in music, sport or at work, and can be extended to account for other perceptual forms of interaction such as sound or feel.
AB - An important open problem in Human Behaviour is to understand how coordination emerges in human ensembles. This problem has been seldom studied quantitatively in the existing literature, in contrast to situations involving dual interaction. Here we study motor coordination (or synchronisation) in a group of individuals where participants are asked to visually coordinate an oscillatory hand motion. We separately tested two groups of seven participants. We observed that the coordination level of the ensemble depends on group homogeneity, as well as on the pattern of visual couplings (who looked at whom). Despite the complexity of social interactions, we show that networks of coupled heterogeneous oscillators with different structures capture well the group dynamics. Our findings are relevant to any activity requiring the coordination of several people, as in music, sport or at work, and can be extended to account for other perceptual forms of interaction such as sound or feel.
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-017-06559-4
DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-06559-4
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 28754908
VL - 7
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
SN - 2045-2322
M1 - 6846
ER -