Self-organization of between-persons cooperative tasks and possible applications to sport

Author(s): OBrien, B., Sysko, R.

Journal/Book: Int J Sport Psychol. 1999; 30: Via Panama 68, 00198 Rome, Italy. Edizioni Luigi Pozzi. 558-579.

Abstract: This paper presents a dynamical perspective on the study of interpersonal coordination found in both sport and non-sport activities What self-organizing processes are and how they, can be modeled is first presented in the context of modeling entrainment phenomena. Evidence is then considered for self-organizing entrainment in interpersonal coordination. Because this past research has used artificial laboratory interpersonal tasks, a new experiment using a two-person card sorting task is analyzed to investigate interpersonal entrainment in more natural interactions. Entrainment was found to occur only when a social context mandates the pick-up of coordinative information. The implications for the research of interpersonal coordination in sport activities is then considered.

Note: Article Schmidt RC, Coll Holy Cross, Dept Psychol, Box 176A, 1 Coll St, Worcester,MA 01610 USA

Keyword(s): coordination; coupling; self-organization; sport; NONEQUILIBRIUM PHASE-TRANSITIONS; COORDINATED BIOLOGICAL MOTION; COUPLED RHYTHMIC MOVEMENTS; CRITICAL FLUCTUATIONS; ENTRAINMENT DYNAMICS; VISUAL COORDINATION; TIME

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