July 8, 2024 Dataset Open Access

Lübbert, Annika; Sengelmann, Malte; Heimann, Katrin; Schneider, Till R.; Engel, Andreas K.; Göschl, Florian

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{"DOI":"10.25592/uhhfdm.14631","abstract":"<p>To investigate the embodied, distributed and hence dynamically unfolding nature of social cognitive capacities, we present a novel laboratory-based coordination task: the BallGame. Our paradigm requires continuous sensing and acting between two players who jointly steer a virtual ball around obstacles towards as many targets as possible.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>Scripts and preprocessed behavioural data to conduct the main analyses (MANOVA and regression) published in:</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;L&uuml;bbert A, Sengelmann M, Heimann K, Schneider TR, Engel AK, G&ouml;schl F. (2024) Predicting social experience from dyadic interaction dynamics: the BallGame, a novel paradigm to study social engagement. Scientific Reports <strong>14</strong>, 19666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69678-9.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>Published open access: https://rdcu.be/dRWQV</p>\n\n<p>Data was collected at the Institute of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, in 2019.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>The experiment involved twenty-three pairs of participants who played 60 one-minute trials of the &lsquo;BallGame&rsquo;, an interpersonal coordination task in which two players steer a virtual ball on a 2D surface around obstacles towards as many targets as possible by bending and flexing their index fingers. Participants played this game under three different conditions: (1) individual play: participants see the same six of nine active obstacles but play on separate landscapes (each steering their own ball), (2) joint play SAME: participants steer a shared ball, both of them see the same six of the nine active obstacles, and three obstacles remain invisible to both; and (3) joint play DIFF: participants steer a shared ball, three obstacles are visible to both players, three only to the first and three only to the second player. We used a blocked experimental design: first 10 trials of individual play, then 10 trials of either joint play SAME or DIFF (counter-balanced across pairs), followed by 10 trials of the other joint play condition. After a break, participants again completed 20 trials of joint play and 10 trials of individual play.</p>\n\n<p>During the trial, we measured finger movement, ball position, target collection and obstacle collision events (as well as eye movement, EEG). After every 3-4 trials, we asked participants to rate their level of engagement, agreement and predictability. After the game we conducted individual interviews with participants.&nbsp;</p>","author":[{"family":"L\u00fcbbert, Annika"},{"family":"Sengelmann, Malte"},{"family":"Heimann, Katrin"},{"family":"Schneider, Till R."},{"family":"Engel, Andreas K."},{"family":"G\u00f6schl, Florian"}],"container_title":"Scientific Reports","id":"14631","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,8]]},"language":"eng","note":"This work was supported by grants from the EU (project 'socSMCs,' H2020-641321) and the DFG (SFB936-178316478-A3 and TRR169-261402652-B1/B4).","page":"19666","title":"Predicting social experience from dyadic interaction dynamics: the BallGame, a novel paradigm to study social engagement","type":"dataset","version":"1.0","volume":"14"}