Joint action: Mental representations, shared information and general mechanisms for coordinating with others

Cordula Vesper, Ekaterina Abramova, Judith Bütepage, Francesca Ciardo, Benjamin Crossey, Alfred Effenberg, Dayana Hristova, April Karlinsky, Luke McEllin, Sari R.R. Nijssen, Laura Schmitz, Basil Wahn

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

In joint action, multiple people coordinate their actions to perform a task together. This often requires precise temporal and spatial coordination. How do co-actors achieve this? How do they coordinate their actions toward a shared task goal? Here, we provide an overview of the mental representations involved in joint action, discuss how co-actors share sensorimotor information and what general mechanisms support coordination with others. By deliberately extending the review to aspects such as the cultural context in which a joint action takes place, we pay tribute to the complex and variable nature of this social phenomenon.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2039
JournalFrontiers in Psychology
Volume7
Issue numberJAN
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Action prediction
  • Coordination
  • Culture
  • Joint action
  • Joint attention
  • Sensorimotor communication
  • Social interaction

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