When people are engaged in social interaction, they can repeat aspects of each other's
communicative behavior, such as words or gestures. This kind of behavioral alignment has …

The utility of our actions frequently depends upon the beliefs and behavior of other agents.
Thankfully, through experience, we learn norms and conventions that provide stable …

This study investigates interpersonal processes underlying dialog by comparing two
approaches, interactive alignment and interpersonal synergy, and assesses how they …

As a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic, many therapists and patients have been required to
switch to online sessions in order to continue their treatments. Online psychotherapy has …

This study consolidates findings on phonetic convergence in a large-scale examination of
the impacts of talker sex, word frequency, and model talkers on multiple measures of …

Languages are powerful solutions to coordination problems: They provide stable, shared
expectations about how the words we say correspond to the beliefs and intentions in our …

This paper provides a practical, hands-on introduction to cross-recurrence quantification
analysis (CRQA), diagonal cross-recurrence profiles (DCRP), and multidimensional …

Scale-free physiological processes are ubiquitous in the human organism. Resting-state
functional MRI studies observed the loss of scale-free dynamics under anesthesia. In …

Ecological psychology is one of the main alternative theories of perception and action
available in the contemporary literature. This Element explores and analyzes its most …

Multiple theories of problem‐solving hypothesize that there are distinct qualitative phases
exhibited during effective problem‐solving. However, limited research has attempted to …