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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Human life involves frequent joint actions, from play to professional collaboration.
  • Current research in emotion and joint action often overlooks the interplay between individual emotions and group dynamics.
  • The multi-agent aspect is missing in emotion-based neuroscience, and emotion is underrepresented in socio-motor interaction models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify the gap in understanding how individual emotions are affected by and influence joint action.
  • To review evidence demonstrating the strong connection between emotion and acting together across scientific disciplines.
  • To propose an integrative framework for studying emotion in joint action and suggest future research avenues.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review across various scientific branches.
  • Identification of the gap between emotion research and joint action studies.
  • Synthesis of evidence on the entanglement of emotion and collective action.

Main Results:

  • Significant evidence shows a strong entanglement between emotion and joint action.
  • A conceptual gap exists in current neuroscience and socio-motor interaction models regarding emotion.
  • The review highlights the need for an integrated approach to bridge this gap.

Conclusions:

  • Emotion and joint action are deeply intertwined, impacting individual and group experiences.
  • Future research should focus on behavioral neuroscience and digital sciences to explore this relationship.
  • Addressing this gap is crucial for understanding modern societal challenges involving group dynamics.