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Human collaboration, our evolutionary advantage, relies on coordinated joint action. This study shows how strangers spontaneously coordinate complex tasks, shifting from explicit communication to implicit actions guided by a shared goal.

Keywords:

Collaboration Communication Coordination Gesture Joint action Speech

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Sociolinguistics
Human Evolution

Background:

Humans possess a unique evolutionary advantage through collaborative joint action.
Coordination of joint action is fundamental from early childhood through complex adult activities.
Existing research offers qualitative and empirical insights into joint action coordination.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the spontaneous coordination of complex, real-life joint action from initiation to completion.
To investigate how collaborators coordinate actions in a novel task involving physical objects and communication.

Main Methods:

Observed pairs of strangers assembling a TV cart, a complex real-life joint activity.
Coded coordination strategies as explicit (speech, gesture) or implicit (task-advancing actions).
Analyzed communication patterns during initial planning and ongoing assembly.

Main Results:

Initial planning utilized explicit communication for structure, while action and task division were improvised.
Coordination evolved from explicit communication to predominantly implicit coordination through actions.
A shared representation of the goal guided actions and progress monitoring throughout the task.

Conclusions:

Joint action dynamically integrates explicit and implicit signaling.
Coordination is guided by a shared goal representation, adapting throughout the activity.
Complex joint activities are spontaneously coordinated through a blend of communication and action.