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¹IPEM - Institute for Systematic Musicology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Flanders, Belgium.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Human Motor Control
Social Interaction Dynamics

Background:

Humans naturally synchronize movements, a fundamental aspect of social interaction.
Visual cues play a crucial role in modulating interpersonal coordination.
The influence of specific visual perspectives on movement synchronization dynamics remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how first-person (1st person) versus second-person (2nd person) visual perspectives affect interpersonal movement synchronization.
To examine the impact of visual perspective on coordination dynamics during a joint finger-tapping task.
To explore the potential role of body representation and error correction mechanisms in perspective-dependent synchronization.

Main Methods:

Participants engaged in a joint finger-tapping task while their visual perspective of the partner's movements was manipulated.
Two conditions were compared: 1st person perspective (seeing the partner's hand from their viewpoint) and 2nd person perspective (seeing the partner's hand from one's own viewpoint).
Coordination dynamics, including attractor states and trajectory stability, were analyzed to quantify synchronization patterns.

Main Results:

Significant differences in coordination dynamics were observed between the 1st person and 2nd person visual perspectives.
Participants in the 1st person coupling condition showed less ability to maintain decoupled movement trajectories compared to the 2nd person condition.
These findings suggest that the 1st person perspective enhances interpersonal synchronization, potentially by facilitating the embodiment of the partner's hand.

Conclusions:

Visual perspective critically influences the dynamics of interpersonal coordination.
The 1st person visual perspective appears to engage neural mechanisms related to body representation and error correction.
Understanding these perspective-dependent effects can inform the design of motor training and rehabilitation technologies.