Beyond synchrony: Joint action in a complex production task reveals beneficial effects of decreased interpersonal synchrony

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Wallot, Sebastian ^a,b   Mitkidis, Panagiotis ^b,c   McGraw, John J ^d   Roepstorff, Andreas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EMPIRICAL AESTHETICS   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HAND MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOINT; MODEL; SATISFACTION; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85006851462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168306     Document Type: Article

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