| Title: |
An Exploratory Study of Physiological Linkage Among Strangers |
| Authors: |
Savannah M. Boyd, Ashley Kuelz, Elizabeth Page-Gould, Emily A. Butler, Chad Danyluck |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Neuroergonomics, Vol 2 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2022. |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system |
| Subject Terms: |
physiological linkage, strangers, rties package, context, affiliation, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429 |
| More Details: |
The present study explores physiological linkage (i.e., any form of statistical interdependence between the physiological signals of interacting partners; PL) using data from 65 same-sex, same ethnicity stranger dyads. Participants completed a knot-tying task with either a cooperative or competitive framing while either talking or remaining silent. Autonomic nervous system activity was measured continuously by electrocardiograph for both individuals during the interaction. Using a recently developed R statistical package (i.e., rties), we modeled different oscillatory patterns of coordination between partner's interbeat interval (i.e., the time between consecutive heart beats) over the course of the task. Three patterns of PL emerged, characterized by differences in frequency of oscillation, phase, and damping or amplification. To address gaps in the literature, we explored (a) PL patterns as predictors of affiliation and (b) the interaction between individual differences and experimental condition as predictors of PL patterns. In contrast to prior analyses using this dataset for PL operationalized as covariation, the present analyses showed that oscillatory PL patterns did not predict affiliation, but the interaction of individual differences and condition differentially predicted PL patterns. This study represents a next step toward understanding the roles of individual differences, context, and PL among strangers. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2673-6195 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnrgo.2021.751354/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-6195 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fnrgo.2021.751354 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/a0a4e96c34034de5a7ab3b985e2ce63f |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.0a4e96c34034de5a7ab3b985e2ce63f |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
