TY - CHAP

T1 - Analyzing social interactions

T2 - 5th International Symposium on Recurrence Plots, 2013

AU - Fusaroli, Riccardo

AU - Konvalinka, Ivana

AU - Wallot, Sebastian

N1 - Conference code: 5

PY - 2014/1/1

Y1 - 2014/1/1

N2 - The scientific investigation of social interactions presents substantial challenges: interacting agents engage each other at many different levels and timescales (motor and physiological coordination, joint attention, linguistic exchanges, etc.), often making their behaviors interdependent in non-linear ways. In this paper we review the current use of Cross Recurrence Quantification Analysis (CRQA) in the analysis of social interactions, and assess its potential and challenges. We argue that the method can sensitively grasp the dynamics of human interactions, and that it has started producing valuable knowledge about them. However, much work is still necessary: more systematic analyses and interpretation of the recurrence indexes and more consistent reporting of the results, more emphasis on theory-driven studies, exploring interactions involving more than 2 agents and multiple aspects of coordination, and assessing and quantifying complementary coordinative mechanisms. These challenges are discussed and operationalized in recommendations to further develop the field.

AB - The scientific investigation of social interactions presents substantial challenges: interacting agents engage each other at many different levels and timescales (motor and physiological coordination, joint attention, linguistic exchanges, etc.), often making their behaviors interdependent in non-linear ways. In this paper we review the current use of Cross Recurrence Quantification Analysis (CRQA) in the analysis of social interactions, and assess its potential and challenges. We argue that the method can sensitively grasp the dynamics of human interactions, and that it has started producing valuable knowledge about them. However, much work is still necessary: more systematic analyses and interpretation of the recurrence indexes and more consistent reporting of the results, more emphasis on theory-driven studies, exploring interactions involving more than 2 agents and multiple aspects of coordination, and assessing and quantifying complementary coordinative mechanisms. These challenges are discussed and operationalized in recommendations to further develop the field.

KW - Psychology

KW - High Recurrence Rate

KW - Coordinative Structure

KW - Recurrence Quantification Analysis

KW - Diagonal Structure

KW - Interpersonal Coordination

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84911458556&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-09531-8_9

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-09531-8_9

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:84911458556

SN - 978-3-319-09530-1

VL - 103

T3 - Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics

SP - 137

EP - 155

BT - Translational Recurrences

A2 - Marwan, Nobert

A2 - Riley, Michael

A2 - Giuliani, Alessandro

A2 - Webber, Charles L.

PB - Springer New York

Y2 - 14 August 2013 through 16 August 2013

ER -