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Team Situation Awareness, Cohesion, and Autonomic Synchrony
Stephen J Guastello1, Cooper Bednarczyk1, Ryan Hagan1
1Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Human Factors
|August 16, 2022
Summary
Team cohesion, situation awareness, and autonomic synchrony have complex, reciprocal relationships. Highly synchronized teams may report less cohesion, suggesting a nuanced interplay in team dynamics.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Social Neuroscience
Background:
- Team cohesion is linked to performance, but its relationship with situation awareness (SA) is unexplored.
- Autonomic synchrony (S) reflects collective neurocognitive activity, potentially influencing team coordination and communication.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the causal relationships among team situation awareness (SA), cohesion, and autonomic synchrony (S).
- To explore the reciprocal nature of these team dynamics.
Main Methods:
- 71 undergraduates in 16 teams played a computer game, completing self-report measures for cohesion and SA.
- Autonomic synchrony (S) was measured using electrodermal responses and time series analysis via the driver-empath framework.
Main Results:
- Granger causality revealed reciprocal positive and negative relationships among SA, S, and cohesion.
- Higher autonomic synchrony and empathic individuals reported lower team cohesion.
Conclusions:
- Autonomic synchrony (S) plays a significant, independent role in both social and cognitive team behaviors.
- The findings suggest that greater attunement to teammates may lead to more accurate, less conforming, social perceptions.
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