According to the prevailing paradigm in social-cognitive neuroscience, the mental states of
individuals become shared when they adapt to each other in the pursuit of a shared goal …

Temporal and social processing are intricately linked. The temporal extent and organization
of interactional behaviors both within and between individuals critically determine interaction …

The cultural and technological achievements of the human species depend on complex
social interactions. Nonverbal interpersonal coordination, or joint action, is a crucial element …

Joint action is essential in daily life, as humans often must coordinate with others to
accomplish shared goals. Previous studies have mainly focused on sensorimotor aspects of …

Recent accounts of social cognition focus on how we do things together, suggesting that
becoming aligned relies on a reciprocal exchange of information. The next step is to develop …

Human social interactions often involve carefully synchronized behaviours. Musical
performance in particular features precise timing and depends on the differentiation and …

Interpersonal sensorimotor synchronization (interpersonal SMS) is the foundation of
complex human social interaction. Previous studies primarily focused on the individual …

Recently psychologists have taken up the question of whether dance is reliant on unique
human adaptations, or whether it is rooted in neural and cognitive mechanisms shared with …

Recent studies have shown that people engaging in joint rhythmic activity unintentionally
increase their tempo. The same tempo increase does not occur when the same rhythmic …

In marching bands, sports, dance and virtually all human group behaviour, we coordinate
our actions with others. Coordinating actions in time and space can act as a social glue …