title: Development of interpersonal coordination between peers during a drumming task.
abstract: During social interaction, the behavior of interacting partners becomes coordinated. Although interpersonal coordination is well-studied in adults, relatively little is known about its development. In this project we explored how 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old children spontaneously coordinated their drumming with a peer. Results showed that all children adapted their drumming to their partner's drumming by starting and stopping their drumming in a coordinated fashion, but only 4-year-olds adapted the rhythmic structure of their drumming to their partner's drumming. In all age groups, children showed similarly stable drumming. Typically, it was 1 of the 2 children who initiated drumming throughout the session. The results of this study offer new insights into the development of interpersonal coordination abilities in early childhood.
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen.
authors.forename: Hinke M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Endedijk
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen.
authors.forename: Veronica C O
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Ramenzoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen.
authors.forename: Ralf F A
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen.
authors.forename: Antonius H N
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cillessen
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bekkering
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hunnius
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D011340:Problem Solving; D012919:Social Behavior