Interpersonal coordination in joint multiple object tracking
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Interpersonal coordination in joint multiple object tracking. / Wahn, Basil; König, Peter; Kingstone, Alan.
In: J EXP PSYCHOL HUMAN, Vol. 47, No. 9, 09.2021, p. 1166-1181.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Interpersonal coordination in joint multiple object tracking
AU - Wahn, Basil
AU - König, Peter
AU - Kingstone, Alan
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - People often perform visual tasks together, for example, when looking for a misplaced key. When performing such tasks jointly, people coordinate their actions to divide the labor, for example, by looking for the misplaced key in different rooms. This way, they tend to perform better together than individually-they attain a group benefit. A crucial factor determining whether (and to what extent) individuals attain a group benefit is the amount of information they receive about each other's actions and performance. We systematically varied, across 8 conditions, the information participant pairs received while jointly performing a visual task. We find that participants can attain a group benefit without receiving any information (and thus cannot coordinate their actions). However, actions are coordinated and the group benefit is enhanced if participants receive information about each other's actions or performance. If both types of information are received, participants are faster in creating efficient labor divisions. To create divisions, participants used the screen center as a reference to divide the labor into a left and right side. When participants cannot coordinate actions, they exhibit a bias toward choosing the same side, but they forgo this bias once action coordination is possible, thereby boosting group performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - People often perform visual tasks together, for example, when looking for a misplaced key. When performing such tasks jointly, people coordinate their actions to divide the labor, for example, by looking for the misplaced key in different rooms. This way, they tend to perform better together than individually-they attain a group benefit. A crucial factor determining whether (and to what extent) individuals attain a group benefit is the amount of information they receive about each other's actions and performance. We systematically varied, across 8 conditions, the information participant pairs received while jointly performing a visual task. We find that participants can attain a group benefit without receiving any information (and thus cannot coordinate their actions). However, actions are coordinated and the group benefit is enhanced if participants receive information about each other's actions or performance. If both types of information are received, participants are faster in creating efficient labor divisions. To create divisions, participants used the screen center as a reference to divide the labor into a left and right side. When participants cannot coordinate actions, they exhibit a bias toward choosing the same side, but they forgo this bias once action coordination is possible, thereby boosting group performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
U2 - 10.1037/xhp0000935
DO - 10.1037/xhp0000935
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 34694847
VL - 47
SP - 1166
EP - 1181
JO - J EXP PSYCHOL HUMAN
JF - J EXP PSYCHOL HUMAN
SN - 0096-1523
IS - 9
ER -