Interpersonal synchrony increases prosocial behavior in infants
McMaster University · Baycrest Hospital
Abstract
Adults who move together to a shared musical beat synchronously as opposed to asynchronously are subsequently more likely to display prosocial behaviors toward each other. The development of musical behaviors during infancy has been described previously, but the social implications of such behaviors in infancy have been little studied. In Experiment 1, each of 48 14-month-old infants was held by an assistant and gently bounced to music while facing the experimenter, who bounced either in-synchrony or out-of-synchrony with the way the infant was bounced. The infants were then placed in a situation in which they had the opportunity to help the experimenter by handing objects to her that she had ‘accidently’…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 36.80
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 47
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3Topics & keywords
- Prosocial behavior
- Psychology
- Interpersonal communication
- Developmental psychology
- Musical
- Social relation
- Interpersonal relationship
- Social psychology
- Reduced inequalities