Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads

Patrick Nalepka; Cristopher Riehm; Carl Bou Mansour; Anthony Chemero; Michael J. Richardson

Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads

Patrick Nalepka, Cristopher Riehm, Carl Bou Mansour, Anthony Chemero, Michael J. Richardson

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Abstract

Previous research investigating the dynamical processes supporting coordinated joint action has typically used non-goal-directed tasks. The present study expands on this research by investigating the coordination that emerges among pairs in a complex, goal-directed task of herding virtual sheep to the center of a field. The results revealed that the majority of pairs converged on the same stable movement coordination strategy in order to complete the task. This strategy involved pairs moving in an in-phase or anti-phase oscillatory pattern around the sheep. By adopting this strategy pairs formed an interpersonal synergy. Interestingly, the strength of this synergy was modulated by the number of sheep being herded. More specifically, more dimensional compression was observed among pairs when herding the 7-sheep compared to herding 3 or 5 sheep. The implications of these results for understanding how task difficulty and mutually defined environmental co-regulation influenced the behavioral dynamics of coordinated joint-action are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	COGSCI 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Editors	D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, P. P. Maglio
Place of Publication	Austin, TX
Publisher	Cognitive Science Society
Pages	1703-1708
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780991196722
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (37th : 2015) - Pasadena, United States Duration: 22 Jul 2015 → 25 Jul 2015

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Conference	Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (37th : 2015)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	22/07/15 → 25/07/15

Keywords

joint action
interpersonal synergies
coordination
strategy formation

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Nalepka, P., Riehm, C., Mansour, C. B., Chemero, A., & Richardson, M. J. (2015). Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), COGSCI 2015: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1703-1708). Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2015/papers/0296/paper0296.pdf

Nalepka, Patrick ; Riehm, Cristopher ; Mansour, Carl Bou et al. / Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads. COGSCI 2015: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. editor / D. C. Noelle ; R. Dale ; A. S. Warlaumont ; J. Yoshimi ; T. Matlock ; C. D. Jennings ; P. P. Maglio. Austin, TX : Cognitive Science Society, 2015. pp. 1703-1708

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Nalepka, P, Riehm, C, Mansour, CB, Chemero, A & Richardson, MJ 2015, Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads. in DC Noelle, R Dale, AS Warlaumont, J Yoshimi, T Matlock, CD Jennings & PP Maglio (eds), COGSCI 2015: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, pp. 1703-1708, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (37th : 2015), Pasadena, California, United States, 22/07/15. <https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2015/papers/0296/paper0296.pdf>

Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads. / Nalepka, Patrick; Riehm, Cristopher; Mansour, Carl Bou et al.
COGSCI 2015: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. ed. / D. C. Noelle; R. Dale; A. S. Warlaumont; J. Yoshimi; T. Matlock; C. D. Jennings; P. P. Maglio. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2015. p. 1703-1708.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Nalepka P, Riehm C, Mansour CB, Chemero A, Richardson MJ. Investigating strategy discovery and coordination in a novel virtual sheep herding game among dyads. In Noelle DC, Dale R, Warlaumont AS, Yoshimi J, Matlock T, Jennings CD, Maglio PP, editors, COGSCI 2015: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. 2015. p. 1703-1708

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