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Loïc Deschamps1, Charles Lenay1, Katia Rovira2
1EA 2223 COSTECH (Connaissance, Organisation et Systèmes Techniques), CRED (Cognitive Research and Enaction Design), Université de Technologie de Compiègne Compiègne, France.
Frontiers in Psychology
|July 28, 2016
Summary
Minimalist interaction studies show sensorimotor coordination is key for shared object awareness. This mutual awareness helps co-construct a shared world, advancing social cognition research.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Social Psychology
- Enactive Cognitive Science
Background:
- Minimalist perceptual crossing paradigms highlight interpersonal dynamics in social understanding.
- Previous research suggests interpersonal processes can partially constitute social cognition, necessitating a paradigm shift.
- Existing experiments often use objects as distractors in dyadic interactions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose and investigate an experiment extending beyond dyadic interactions.
- To integrate objects as the goal of interpersonal coordination, not mere distractors.
- To explore the emergence of mutual awareness of shared objects (SO) in minimalist interactions.
Main Methods:
- Conducted a minimalist perceptual crossing experiment with 24 subjects.
- Subjects interacted in a one-dimensional digital space to identify co-perceived objects.
- Focused on on-line interaction quality to assess shared object perception.
Main Results:
- Mutual awareness of a shared object (SO) emerges from the quality of sensorimotor coordination.
- Shared objects act as simultaneous affordances, structuring individual perception.
- Partners co-construct a shared world where their actions gain meaning.
Conclusions:
- Sensorimotor coordination is fundamental for establishing shared object awareness.
- Shared object perception is a foundational step towards understanding joint attention.
- An enactive account of social cognition can explain joint perception of shared objects.
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