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  • Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Human Interaction

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  • Interpersonal synchrony, the coordination of actions and emotions, is vital for social bonding.
  • Existing research methods for studying synchrony often lack ecological validity or statistical power.
  • A need exists for paradigms that balance experimental control with naturalistic interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a semi-naturalistic verbal social interaction paradigm.
  • To assess the paradigm's reliability and validity in capturing affective and physiological responses.
  • To provide a tool for studying interpersonal synchrony in dual-person neuroscience.

Main Methods:

  • A semi-naturalistic verbal social interaction paradigm was created.
  • Sixty-nine dyads discussed standardized neutral and autobiographical emotional topics.
  • Participants reported valence, arousal, connectedness, and dominance; physiological data (heart rate) were also collected.

Main Results:

  • The paradigm reliably elicited differential affective and physiological responses.
  • Emotional conversations, especially autobiographical ones, increased arousal, valence, and heart rate compared to neutral topics.
  • Participants reported higher connectedness during emotional conversations, particularly with closer friends.

Conclusions:

  • The validated paradigm effectively balances experimental control and ecological validity.
  • This tool is suitable for investigating interpersonal synchrony in dual-person neuroscience.
  • The paradigm's flexible design supports broad applications in various research contexts.