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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Human Movement Science

Background:

  • Motor synchrony, such as body movement synchrony, has positive social consequences in ecological settings.
  • Previous studies often confound motor synchrony with conversation, making it difficult to isolate synchrony's independent effect.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between automatic walking synchronization and social impression.
  • To examine the effect of motor synchrony per se on social impressions by removing the conversation component.

Main Methods:

  • Participants walked side-by-side in silence, without conversation.
  • Social impressions were rated before and after the paired silent walk.
  • Automatic walking synchronization was measured via step synchronization rate.

Main Results:

  • A positive association was found between walkers' first impression and their step synchronization rate during the silent paired walk.
  • This suggests that synchrony itself, independent of conversation, influences social perception.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support a bi-directional relationship between body entrainment and social functions.
  • Implicit nonverbal communication, like walking synchronization, is crucial for establishing interpersonal interaction and connection.