Abstract
We investigated if interpersonal synchrony can lead to a sense of agency over another’s movement (extended self-agency). In Experiment 1, we found that extended self-agency was greater during synchrony than asynchrony. However, we also found that synchrony boosted participants’ sense that the other performer had agency over their actions (extended other-agency). This finding may have been because synchrony created a sense of distributed agency. If so, then manipulating the degree of influence participants have over their partner’s behavior should boost extended self-agency when leading and extended other-agency when following. Experiment 2 confirmed these predictions. We also found synchrony created a sense of joint-agency. These results show how interpersonal synchrony can modulate a core aspect of the self.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | (In-Press) |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Self and Identity |
| Volume | (In-Press) |
| Early online date | 22 Apr 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 22 Apr 2019 |
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Keywords
- agency
- coordination
- joint action
- self
- Synchrony
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
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Interpersonal synchrony affects performers’ sense of agency. / Reddish, Paul; Tong, Eddie M.W.; Jong, Jonathan; Whitehouse, Harvey.
In: Self and Identity, Vol. (In-Press), 22.04.2019, p. (In-Press).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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