Movement Synchrony in the Mirror Game.
The significance of the body-mind link and the contribution of nonverbal communication in the context of psychotherapy is enjoying increased interest. Yet, the main measurements used in psychotherapy studies rely mostly on verbal measures, missing other channels of communication that would allow ric...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 107 - 127 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=148890894&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 148890894 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01915886 JNV jtl: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior issn: 01915886 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2021 vid: 45 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 148890894 10.1007/s10919-020-00341-3 ppf: 107 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 860KB tig: atl: Movement Synchrony in the Mirror Game. aug: au: Feniger-Schaal, Rinat Schönherr, Désirée Altmann, Uwe Strauss, Bernhard affil: Center for the Study of Child Development, School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Av., 3498838, Haifa, Israel Institute of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany su: Nonverbal communication Leadership Task performance Social skills Psychotherapy Body movement Motion capture (Human mechanics) Algorithms sug: subj: Nonverbal communication Leadership Task performance Social skills Psychotherapy Body movement Motion capture (Human mechanics) Algorithms keyword: Leading/following Mirror game Motion energy analysis Movement synchrony Windowed cross-lagged correlation Leading/following Mirror game Motion energy analysis Movement synchrony Windowed cross-lagged correlation ab: The significance of the body-mind link and the contribution of nonverbal communication in the context of psychotherapy is enjoying increased interest. Yet, the main measurements used in psychotherapy studies rely mostly on verbal measures, missing other channels of communication that would allow rich and implicit, nonverbal information. The present study is a first step toward using the mirror game (MG) as a standardized mimicry task that involves the assessment of movement synchrony as a nonverbal outcome measure for psychotherapy research. The aims of the study were twofold: (a) to investigate the possibility of automated analysis of synchrony in the MG, detecting the different roles of leadership in the game, and (b) to validate the synchrony quantified by computer algorithms with a human-rated prosocial scale. All participants (N = 33) played the MG with a gender-matched expert player. Body motions of interacting pairs were assessed using motion energy analysis. Frequency of movement synchrony was computed by windowed cross-lagged correlation and a peak-picking algorithm. Independent observers rated items with respect to prosocial parameters, using the MG scales. The algorithm allowed to differentiate quite accurately between the various roles of leadership. Significant correlations were found between the MG human-rated scales and computer-detected synchrony. High frequency of synchronized movements was linked with high levels of having fun, shared affect, and reference to the other, and with low negative affect. The MG provides a standardized and flexible paradigm for the investigation of movement synchrony. The use of both automated detection and human rating reveals the potential application of the MR in research and clinical use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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