Zhou, Z., Christensen, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-5373-5532, Cummings, J.A. et al. (1 more author) (2023) Not just in sync: relations between partners’ actions influence the sense of joint agency during joint action. Consciousness and Cognition, 111. 103521. ISSN 1053-8100
Abstract
When people perform joint actions together, they often experience a sense of joint agency (“we did that together”). The current study investigated whether relations between partners’ actions within joint actions that require precise interpersonal synchrony influence joint agency, above and beyond the degree of synchrony partners achieve. We employed a mixed-methods approach that combined a quantitative experiment with a qualitative analysis of post-experiment interviews. Partners produced synchronized tone sequences that comprised either constant pitch sequences (simple temporal alignment between partners’ actions) or musical duets (complex metrical and harmonic relations between partners’ actions). Participants reported stronger joint agency for duets than constant pitches, when comparing trials with equally good synchronization. Post-experiment interviews revealed that joint agency was also influenced by participants’ knowledge of the music and their perceptions of task performance, difficulty, and enjoyability. These findings further our understanding of joint agency for joint actions that require precise interpersonal synchrony.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Consciousness and Cognition. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Interpersonal synchrony; Joint action; Joint agency; Mixed methods; Sense of agency; Humans; Task Performance and Analysis; Time Perception; Music; Caffeine; Psychomotor Performance; Interpersonal Relations |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Music (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number UKRI Future Leaders Project R/163704-11-1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2023 14:39 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103521 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204205 |
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