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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Humans naturally seek shared experiences for social bonding.
  • Understanding the mechanisms of shared experiences is crucial for social connection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how shared experiences, measured by emotional, motoric, physiological, and cognitive alignment, promote social bonding.
  • To explore the relationship between dyadic synchrony and self-reported social connection.

Main Methods:

  • Recorded facial expressions and electrodermal activity (EDA) of participants watching TV together for 4 hours.
  • Analyzed temporal and spatial synchronization of facial expressions and EDA.
  • Assessed cognitive impressions of characters and self-reported social connection.

Main Results:

  • Participants showed synchronized facial expressions and similar cognitive impressions.
  • The degree of emotional and physiological synchrony predicted social connection ratings.
  • A latent factor of shared experience, comprising multiple synchronous processes, predicted social connection.

Conclusions:

  • Shared affective experiences, characterized by synchronous processes, are key to developing interpersonal affiliations.
  • Multi-modal, naturalistic experimental designs can effectively study complex interpersonal processes.
  • Emotional, physiological, and cognitive synchrony during shared activities significantly contribute to social bonding.