Socializing Sensorimotor Contingencies.
Frontiers in human neuroscience January 1, 2021 Annika Lübbert, Florian Göschl, Hanna Krause et al. 14 citations
Social cognition can be grounded in sensorimotor interactions shared across agents. An action-oriented account emerges from a broader interpretation of sensorimotor contingencies, where dynamic informational and sensorimotor coupling across agents mediates action-effect contingencies in social contexts. This framework, socializing sensorimotor contingencies (socSMCs), integrates neuroscience, psychology, and human-robot interaction research. Empirical findings suggest sensorimotor and informational entrainment plays an important role in social contexts. Social cognitive phenomena like joint attention, mutual trust, and empathy rely heavily on such coupling between agents. This insight may provide novel remedies for disturbed social cognition and lead to more natural human-robot interfaces.