Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation
To maintain synchrony in group activities, each individual within the group must continuously correct their movements to remain in time with the temporal cues available. Cues might originate from one or more members of the group. Current research suggests that when synchronising movements, individua...
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| author | Honisch, Juliane J. Elliott, Mark T. Jacoby, Nori Wing, Alan M. |
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| description | To maintain synchrony in group activities, each individual within the group must continuously correct their movements to remain in time with the temporal cues available. Cues might originate from one or more members of the group. Current research suggests that when synchronising movements, individuals optimise their performance in terms of minimising variability of timing errors (asynchronies) between external cues and their own movements. However, the cost of this is an increase in the timing variability of their own movements. Here we investigate whether an individual’s timing strategy changes according to the task, in a group scenario. To investigate this, we employed a novel paradigm that positioned six individuals to form two chains with common origin and termination on the circumference of a circle. We found that participants with access to timing cues from only one other member used a strategy to minimise their asynchrony variance. In contrast, the participant at the common termination of the two chains, who was required to integrate timing cues from two members, used a strategy that minimised movement variability. We conclude that humans are able to flexibly switch timekeeping strategies to maintain task demands and thus optimise the temporal performance of their movements. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1018872022-10-03T08:36:22Z Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation Honisch, Juliane J. Elliott, Mark T. Jacoby, Nori Wing, Alan M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Jacoby, Nori To maintain synchrony in group activities, each individual within the group must continuously correct their movements to remain in time with the temporal cues available. Cues might originate from one or more members of the group. Current research suggests that when synchronising movements, individuals optimise their performance in terms of minimising variability of timing errors (asynchronies) between external cues and their own movements. However, the cost of this is an increase in the timing variability of their own movements. Here we investigate whether an individual’s timing strategy changes according to the task, in a group scenario. To investigate this, we employed a novel paradigm that positioned six individuals to form two chains with common origin and termination on the circumference of a circle. We found that participants with access to timing cues from only one other member used a strategy to minimise their asynchrony variance. In contrast, the participant at the common termination of the two chains, who was required to integrate timing cues from two members, used a strategy that minimised movement variability. We conclude that humans are able to flexibly switch timekeeping strategies to maintain task demands and thus optimise the temporal performance of their movements. Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (EP/I031030/1) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I031030/1) 2016-03-28T16:41:52Z 2016-03-28T16:41:52Z 2016-01 2015-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2045-2322 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101887 Honisch, Juliane J., Mark T. Elliott, Nori Jacoby, and Alan M. Wing. “Cue Properties Change Timing Strategies in Group Movement Synchronisation.” Scientific Reports 6 (January 19, 2016): 19439. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-2165 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19439 Scientific Reports Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Nature Publishing Group |
| spellingShingle | Honisch, Juliane J. Elliott, Mark T. Jacoby, Nori Wing, Alan M. Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title | Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title_full | Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title_fullStr | Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title_short | Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| title_sort | cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101887 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-2165 |
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