Attraction and social coordination: mutual entrainment of vocal activity rhythms

To investigate factors that affect the mutual entrainment of vocal activity rhythms, female general psychology students paired according to attitude similarity questionnaires engaged in 40-minute introductory conversations. Fourier analyses performed on speakers' on-off vocal activity demonstra...

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Published in:Journal of psycholinguistic research 2003-05, Vol.32 (3), p.335-354
Main Authors: McGarva, Andrew R, Warner, Rebecca M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitudes
Biological rhythms
Coordination
Female
Humans
Individual Differences
Interpersonal Attraction
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Periodicity
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Behavior
Social Desirability
Social Perception
Speech
Teacher Improvement
Vocal Cords - physiology
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Summary:To investigate factors that affect the mutual entrainment of vocal activity rhythms, female general psychology students paired according to attitude similarity questionnaires engaged in 40-minute introductory conversations. Fourier analyses performed on speakers' on-off vocal activity demonstrated periodic oscillations in talkativeness. Although some dyads coordinated their vocal activity rhythms, speech accommodation was not predicted by attitude similarity or attraction and did not affect ratings of conversation quality. These rhythms of dialogue appear resistant to change, their behavioral momentum rooted perhaps in an underlying chronobiology.
ISSN:0090-6905
1573-6555
DOI:10.1023/a:1023547703110