Entrainment and motor emulation approaches to joint action: Alternatives or complementary approaches?

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Colling, Lincoln and Williamson, Kellie. (2014). Entrainment and motor emulation approaches to joint action: Alternatives or complementary approaches? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, pp. 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00754
AuthorsColling, Lincoln and Williamson, Kellie
Abstract

Joint actions, such as music and dance, rely crucially on the ability of two, or more, agents to align their actions with great temporal precision. Within the literature that seeks to explain how this action alignment is possible, two broad approaches have appeared. The first, what we term the entrainment approach, has sought to explain these alignment phenomena in terms of the behavioral dynamics of the system of two agents. The second, what we term the emulator approach, has sought to explain these alignment phenomena in terms of mechanisms, such as forward and inverse models, that are implemented in the brain. They have often been pitched as alternative explanations of the same phenomena; however, we argue that this view is mistaken, because, as we show, these two approaches are engaged in distinct, and not mutually exclusive, explanatory tasks. While the entrainment approach seeks to uncover the general laws that govern behavior the emulator approach seeks to uncover mechanisms. We argue that is possible to do both and that the entrainment approach must pay greater attention to the mechanisms that support the behavioral dynamics of interest. In short, the entrainment approach must be transformed into a neuroentrainment approach by adopting a mechanistic view of explanation and by seeking mechanisms that are implemented in the brain.

Keywordsmotor emulation; perception–action; entrainment; mechanistic explanation; joint action
Year2014
JournalFrontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal citation8, pp. 1 - 11
PublisherFrontiers Research Foundation
ISSN1662-5161
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00754
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84933671697
Open accessOpen access
Page range1 - 11
Publisher's version
Place of publicationSwitzerland
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