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  • Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Interpersonal synchrony, or behavioral mimicry, is crucial for social bonding and communication.
  • Previous methods for analyzing synchrony often require structured tasks or specific movement patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of wavelet transform for extracting interpersonal synchrony from unstructured conversations.
  • To identify the frequency bands and relative phase characteristics of synchrony during naturalistic social interaction.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty-two female undergraduates engaged in 6-minute unstructured conversations.
  • Video-image analysis software extracted time-series movement data.
  • Cross-wavelet coherence was calculated to quantify interpersonal synchrony.
  • A pseudo-synchrony paradigm was employed to validate findings.

Main Results:

  • Cross-wavelet coherence values were significantly higher in actual participant pairs compared to pseudo-synchronous pairs.
  • Interpersonal synchrony was predominantly observed in the frequency band below 0.5 Hz.
  • No significant differences were found across different relative phase regions.

Conclusions:

  • Wavelet transform is a valid method for quantifying interpersonal synchrony in spontaneous, unstructured conversations.
  • The findings support the use of this technique to study behavioral mimicry and interpersonal coordination.
  • Further research is needed to clarify the role of relative phase in interpersonal synchrony.