Different effects of visual occlusion on interpersonal coordination of head and body movements during dyadic conversations

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1296521
• Publication Date: 2024-08-02T14:17:58Z
• Authors: Kentaro Kodama; Daichi Shimizu; Ken Fujiwara
• Keywords: Interpersonal interaction

Introduction In recent decades, interpersonal coordination and synchrony have been extensively examined in the field of psychology cognitive science. Studies suggest that perceptual information enables noise may even enhance coordination. However, how these factors influence dynamics between head body movements remains unclear. This study investigated effect visual on during dyadic conversations. Methods The availability was manipulated by positioning a partition halfway pair participants, conversations were recorded using video camera. A video-based human pose estimation software (OpenPose) used to quantify each interlocutor’s movements, which submitted for cross-recurrence quantification analysis (CRQA), assess degree interlocutors. Results results showed different effects head- body-movement (i.e., CRQA measure, maximum line length ). occlusion increased head-movement coordination, whereas it decreased Discussion distinct mechanism be present at level this observed differing appearances compensatory behaviors. Further studies should conducted investigate complex relationships various kinds communication constraints, such as long-term or short-term, lower-order (perceptual-motor) higher-order (cognitive-social) constraints.