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Synchronized action, like speaking together, reveals shared skills beyond simple rhythms. This study proposes a new sensorimotor coordination model for understanding complex, aperiodic synchronization.

Keywords:

aperiodicity rhythm skill speech synchronization

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Background:

Synchronized actions often rely on periodic patterns.
Aperiodic synchronization in complex tasks like synchronous speaking challenges existing theories.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a unified theoretical framework for both periodic and aperiodic synchronization.
To challenge cognitivist models with a sensorimotor coordination approach.

Main Methods:

Examined the experimental task of synchronous speaking.
Proposed a shift from sequential processing models to local sensorimotor coordination.

Main Results:

Demonstrated synchronized behavior without a periodic basis.
Offered a non-cognitivist view where skilled action involves constraint on movement and sensory flux.

Conclusions:

Unified treatment of sensorimotor synchronization in rhythmic and complex skilled behaviors.
Suggests skill sharing, particularly aperiodic synchronization, is a significant human trait.