Interpersonal coordination in communication: effects of alignment in multiple modalities on objective and subjective task outcomes
The results indicating that interpersonal coordination between interlocutors appears across multiple modalities are fully compatible with dynamical systems theory. On the other hand, the presence of both positive and negative associations between IC and subjective outcomes of the interaction suggests that while a strict form of a theory suggesting that stronger alignment leads to better communication outcome is not supported by the data, it is compatible with an extended version of such a theory that acknowledges the potentially different roles of partners in a joint task situation.
Authors
- Adam Boncz
- István Winkler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3344-6151)
- Béla Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-0283)
- Tibor Pólya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3801-9992)
- Péter Nagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-235X)
- Luca Béres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-5509)
Institutions
- Hawkeye Community College (US)
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
- Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (HU)
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod (FR)
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology (HU)
- PATH To Reading (US)
- University College London (GB)
- HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1655164
- Primary Topic
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research, Development and Innovation Office
- Office of Naval Research