publications MEA

This page provides an overview of studies that used MEA in their study or in aspects of their work. Thanks for using MEA! 🙂
(in chronological order; newest first)

If you do not see your publication listed here, please contact Fabian T Ramseyer: ramseyer@psync.ch

Studies by groups / researchers using MEA:

  1. Oreshina, G. (2026). The Temporal Flow of Interaction: Interpersonal Synchronization and Alliance Perception Across Session Parts. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 0. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-026-00523-5
  2. Tchizick, A., Laskorunskyi, A., Dolev-Amit, T., Peysachov, G., Pizman, P., Deres-Cohen, K., Dattner, I., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2026). Embodied movement markers of alliance ruptures in psychotherapy: A machine learning study. Psychotherapy Research, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2026.2689627
  3. Ragone, G., Howland, K., Good, J., & du Boulay, B. (2026). OSMoSIS: A novel tool for assessing social motor synchrony in autistic children. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 103847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2026.103847
  4. Pan, Y., Porteous, F., Rosenbaum, D., Fallgatter, A., Ehlis, A.-C., Koole, S. L., & Dikker, S. (2026). Inter-brain coupling tracks emotional co-regulation. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-026-01455-9
  5. Gernert, C. C., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2026). Heart rate synchrony as an objective biomarker in psychotherapy: a wearable-based pilot study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-026-02248-4
  6. Tröndle, M., Greenwood, S., Weining, C., Ramakrishnan, C., Wald-Fuhrmann, M., Egermann, H., Herget, A.-K., Höpfner, D., Seibert, C., & Tschacher, W. (2026). An Interdisciplinary and Integrated Methodological Framework to Analyze Aesthetic Experience in Music Performances. Music & Science, 9, 0. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251411775
  7. Fornari, L., Janssen, T. W. P., Davidesco, I., Krabbendam, L., & van Atteveldt, N. (2026). Testing the causal relationship between interpersonal closeness and inter-brain synchrony. Scientific Reports, 16, 6464. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-36958-5
  8. Sayda, D., Bar-Kalifa, E., Gordon, I., & Atzil-Slonim, D. (2026). Flexible and multimodal synchrony during psychotherapy for depression: Addressing the mixed synchrony–outcome findings. Journal of Counseling Psychology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000860
  9. Park, Y., Guevarra, D. A., O’Bryan, J., & Mendes, W. B. (2026). The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on romantic couples’ physiology and behavior during conflict. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2025.2609987
  10. Dai, X., Chen, L., Zhou, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2026). Effects of preference alignment and client-rated attachment style on therapy: The moderating role of interpersonal synchrony. Psychotherapy Research, 36(3), 627–641. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2491479
  11. Yap, S. S., Ramseyer, F.T., Fachner, J., Maidhof, C., Tschacher, W., & Tucek, G. (2026). It takes time to synchronize: the emergence of dyadic heart-rate synchrony during music therapy in neurorehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1629778
  12. Shao, C., Zhang, X., Sugiura, M., Zhang, W., & Sun, B. (2025). Gender differences in interpersonal emotion regulation: A hyperscanning study of neural and behavioral synchrony. NeuroImage, 323, 121610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121610
  13. Yaniv-Rosenfeld, A., Agmon, S., Maoz, H., & Gvirtz, H. Z. (2025). Maternal ADHD symptom severity and mother-child dyadic synchrony: an experimental study. Attachment & Human Development, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2025.2572576
  14. Bierlich, A. M., Scheel, N. T., Koehler, J. C., Bloch, C., Plank, I. S., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2025). Attenuated behavioral interpersonal synchrony in autistic adults is not explained by perception of timing. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 20157. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05395-1
  15. Plank, I. S., Tepest, R., Vogeley, K., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2025). The influence of interpersonal synchrony and autism on impressions of dyadic interactions: a preregistered study. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00668-y
  16. Lopes-Rocha, A. C., Corcoran, C. M., Argolo, F., Jafet, A. F., Ara, A., Gondim, J. M., Haddad, N. M., de Jesus, L. P., Serpa, M. H., van de Bilt, M. T., Gattaz, W. F., Cecchi, G., & Loch, A. A. (2025). Automated movement analysis predicts transition to non-psychotic disorders in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2024-3919
  17. Khosrobeigi, Z., Koutsombogera, M., & Vogel, C. (2025). Methods and Findings in the Analysis of Alignment of Bodily Motion in Cooperative Dyadic Dialogue. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 9(6), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti9060051
  18. Zhu, W., Leng, X., Mayer, R. E., & Wang, F. (2025). No need for webcams with synchronous online learning. Learning and Instruction, 98, 102131. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102131
  19. Coeugnet, M. R., Delevoye-Turrell, Y. N., Tschacher, W., & Coutinho, J. (2025). The Effect of Social Settings and Olfactory Environments on Spontaneous Movement Synchrony. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92318-9
  20. Efthimiou, T. N., Wilks, C. E. H., Foster, S., Dodd, M., Sasson, N. J., Ropar, D., Lages, M., Fletcher-Watson, S., & Crompton, C. J. (2025). Social Motor Synchrony and Interactive Rapport in Autistic, Non-Autistic, and Mixed-Neurotype Dyads. Autism, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251319585
  21. Ragone, G., Good, J., & Howland, K. (2025). Supporting and understanding autistic children’s non-verbal interactions through osmosis, a motion-based sonic system. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 44, 100726. doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2025.100726
  22. Peysachov, G., Shehab, M., Bouknik, Y., Deres-Cohen, K., Goldstein, P., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2025). “Vulnerability Can Breed Strength”: The Role of Borderline Personality Disorder Severity in Movement Synchrony Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2458174
  23. SedlinskĂĄ, M.-A., Ramseyer, F.T., Aschenbrenner, L. M., Scheidegger, A. E., Frei, A., Walther, S., Adorjan, K., & Gysin-Maillart, A. (2025). Association between movement synchrony and psychological pain in therapies with suicide attempters. Psychotherapy Research, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2587693
  24. Hamel, L. M., Moulder, R., Harper, F. W. K., Manojlovich, M., Ramseyer, F.T., Penner, L. A., Albrecht, T. L., Boker, S., Bagautdinova, D., & Eggly, S. (2025). The Influence of Patient and Physician Race-Related Attitudes and Perceptions on Nonverbal Synchrony in Oncology Treatment Interactions Between Black Patients and Non-Black Physicians. Cancer Control, 32, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748251375517
  25. Zeng, Z., Holtmaat, K., Jia, X., Kleiboer, A., Rhighetti, F., Brouwer, A.-M., Ramseyer, F., Hendrikse, S. C. F., & Koole, S. L. (2025). From dyadic coping to emotional sharing and multimodal interpersonal synchrony: Protocol for a laboratory experiment. PLOS One, 20(5), e0323526. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323526
  26. Flasbeck, V.*, Ramseyer, F.T.*, Schedlowski, M., Engler, H., & BrĂŒne, M. (2025). Sick and Detached: Does Experimental Inflammation Impact on Movement Synchrony in Humans? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 124, 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.11.028
    (* shared first authorship)
  27. Diao, C., Arevalo Arboleda, S., & Raake, A. (2024). Nonverbal Dynamics in Dyadic Videoconferencing Interaction: The Role of Video Resolution and Conversational Quality. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI ‘24), 387-396. https://doi.org/10.1145/3678957.3685733
  28. Bierlich, A.M., Scheel, N.T., Traiger, L.S., Keeser, D., Tepest, R., Georgescu, A.L., Koehler, J.C., Plank, I.S. and Falter-Wagner, C.M. (2024), Neural Mechanisms of Social Interaction Perception: Observing Interpersonal Synchrony Modulates Action Observation Network Activation and Is Spared in Autism. Human Brain Mapping, 45: e70052. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70052
  29. Li, Y., Su, C., & Pan, Y. (2024). Spontaneous Movement Synchrony as an Exogenous Source for Interbrain Synchronization in Cooperative Learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1911), 1. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0155
  30. Glass, D., & Yuill, N. (2024). Evidence of mutual non-verbal synchrony in learners with severe learning disability and autism, and their support workers: A motion energy analysis study. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fnint.2024.1353966
  31. Ragone, G., Good, J., Howland, K., & Du Boulay, B. (2024). Enhancing Assessment of Social Motor Synchrony Through Full-Body Interaction: A Novel Approach With Osmosis Tool. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 749-753. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628516.3659388
  32. Kykyri, V. L., Nyman-Salonen, P., Tschacher, W., Tourunen, A., Penttonen, M., & Seikkula, J. (2024). Exploring the Role of Emotions and Conversation Content in Interpersonal Synchrony: A Case Study of a Couple Therapy Session. Psychotherapy Research. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432
  33. Hoffmann, C., GĂŒrtler, M., Fendel, J., Lahmann, C., & Schmidt, S. (2024). Assessment of movement synchrony and alliance in problem-focused and solution-focused counseling. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10919-024-00466-9
  34. Oreshina, G. V., & Zhukova, M. A. (2024). Nonverbal synchrony and alliance in exposure therapy for pediatric anxiety: A case report. Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 13(1), 10-20. doi:10.17759/jmfp.2024130101
  35. Vodneva, A. R., Oreshina, G. V., Kustova, T. A., Tkachenko, I. O., Tcepelevich, M. M., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2024). Interpersonal Synchrony in Mentor-Mentee Dyads: An Analysis of Nonverbal Synchrony and Trait-Empathy. Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 13(1), 47-57. doi:10.17759/jmfp.2024130104
  36. Arellano-VĂ©liz, N. A., Cox, R. F. A., Jeronimus, B. F., Castillo, R. D., & Kunnen, E. S. (2024). Personality expression in body motion dynamics: An enactive, embodied, and complex systems perspective. Journal of Research in Personality, 110, 104495.
  37. Dattner, I. (2024). Modelling motion energy in psychotherapy: A dynamical systems approach. Br J Math Stat Psychol. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/bmsp.12341
  38. Koehler, J. C., Dong, M. S., Song, D. Y., Bong, G., Koutsouleris, N., Yoo, H., & Falter-Wagner, C. (2024). Classifying Autism in a Clinical Population Based on Motion Synchrony: A Proof-of-concept Study Using Real-Life Diagnostic Interviews. Scientific Reports, 14, 5663.
  39. Koehler, J. C., Dong, M. S., Bierlich, A. M., Fischer, S., SpĂ€th, J., Plank, I. S., . . . Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2024). Machine learning classification of autism spectrum disorder based on reciprocity in naturalistic social interactions. Transl Psychiatry, 14(1), 76. doi:10.1038/s41398-024-02802-5
  40. Snetkov, G., Youngkin, A. E., Lui, M. E., Marzoratti, A., & Evans, T. M. (2023). Anxiety as a predictor of movement during a math task in elementary school children. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 20(1), 91. doi:10.33697/ajur.2023.098
  41. Guralnik, T., Moulder, R. G., Merom, D., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2024). A multi-modality and multi-dyad approach to measuring flexibility in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/10503307.2023.2292746
  42. Shatz, H., Asher, M., & Aderka, I. M. (2024). Catching a (sine) wave: Temporal dynamics of nonverbal synchrony in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 102828. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102828
  43. Völter, C., OberlĂ€nder, K., BrĂŒne, M., & Ramseyer, F.T. (2024) Impact of Hearing Loss and Auditory Rehabilitation on Dyads: A Microsocial Perspective. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 48, 551-570. doi: 10.1007/s10919-024-00468-7
  44. Shatz, H., Oren-Yagoda, R., & Aderka, I. M. (2023). Nonverbal Synchrony in Diagnostic Interviews of Individuals With Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102803
  45. Yarmolovsky, J., & Geva, R. (2023). Follow the Leader: Parent- and Child-Led Synchrony in Competitive and Cooperative Play. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-023-00445-6
  46. Marzoratti, A., Liu, M. E., Krol, K. M., Sjobeck, G. R., Lipscomb, D. J., Hofkens, T. L., . . . Evans, T. M. (2023). Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with child-parent neural synchrony during competition. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 63, 101302. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101302
  47. Tal, S., Bar-Kalifa, E., Kleinbub, J. R., Leibovich, L., Deres-Cohen, K., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2023). A multimodal case study utilizing physiological synchrony as indicator of context in which motion synchrony is associated with the working alliance. Psychotherapy, 60(1), 86-97. doi:10.1037/pst0000465
  48. Khosrobeigi, Z., Koutsombogera, M., & Vogel, C. (2023). Interaction of motion energy with gesture, extroversion, dominance, and collaboration in dialogue. 2023 International Conference on Multimedia Computing, Networking and Applications(MCNA), 5-12. doi:10.1109/MCNA59361.2023.10185781
  49. Plank, I. S., Traiger, L. S., Nelson, A. M., Koehler, J. C., Lang, S. F., Tepest, R., . . . Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2023). The role of interpersonal synchrony in forming impressions of autistic and non-autistic adults. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 15306. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42006-3
  50. Tschacher, W., Greenwood, S., Ramakrishnan, S., Tröndle, M., Wald-Fuhrmann, M., Seibert, C., . . . Meier, D. (2023). Audience synchronies in live concerts illustrate the embodiment of music experience. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14843. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41960-2
  51. Dai, X., Li, X., Xia, N., Xi, J., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Client-counselor behavioral and inter-brain synchronization among dismissing and secure clients and its association with alliance quality and outcome. Psychotherapy Research, 1-14 (Advance online publication). doi: 10.1080/10503307.2023.2249587
  52. Hammack, J., Sharma, M., Riera-Gomez, L., Gvirts, H. Z., & Wilcox, T. (2023). When I move, you move: Associations between automatic and person-coded measures of infant-mother synchrony during free-play using virtual in-home data collection. Infant Behavior and Development, 72, 101869. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101869
  53. Glass, D., & Yuill, N. (2023). Moving together: Social motor synchrony in autistic peer partners depends on partner and activity type. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-17.
  54. Lin, L., Feldman, M. J., Tudder, A., Gresham, A. M., Peters, B. J., & Dodell-Feder, D. (2023). Friends in sync? Examining the relationship between the degree of nonverbal synchrony, friendship satisfaction and support. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10919-023-00431-y
  55. Gernert, C. C., Nelson, A., Falkai, P., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2023). Synchrony in psychotherapy: High physiological positive concordance predicts symptom reduction and negative concordance predicts symptom aggravation. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res, e1978. doi:10.1002/mpr.1978
  56. Lopes-Rocha, A. C., de Paula Ramos, W. H., Argolo, F., Gondim, J. M., Mota, N. B., Andrade, J. C., . . . Cecchi, G. (2023). Gesticulation in individuals with at risk mental states for psychosis. Schizophrenia, 9(1), 1-7. doi:10.1038/s41537-023-00360-1
  57. Arellano-VĂ©liz, N. A., Jeronimus, B. F., Kunnen, E. S., & Cox, R. F. A. (2023). The interacting partner as the immediate environment: Personality, interpersonal dynamics, and bodily synchronization. Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/jopy.12828
  58. Fujiwara, K., Nomura, K., & Eto, M. (2023). Antiphase synchrony increases perceived entitativity and uniqueness: A joint hand-clapping task. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 658. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1069660
  59. Gvirts, H., Ehrenfeld, L., Sharma, M., & Mizrahi, M. (2023). Virtual social interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic: the effect of interpersonal motor synchrony on social interactions in the virtual space. Scientific Reports. 13. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37218-6
  60. Dunbar, N. E., Fujiwara, K., & Bernhold, Q. (2023). Truth-Tellers’ and Liars’ Synchrony During Attitude-Inconsistent Conversations. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1-21. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2023.921446
  61. Ramseyer, F.T. (2023). iCAST: Ein praktisches Modell fĂŒr die Integration nonverbaler Signale in die Psychotherapie. Die Psychotherapie, 68, 36-43. doi:10.1007/s00278-022-00618-6
  62. Fujiwara, K., Otmar, C. D., Dunbar, N. E., & Hansia, M. (2022). Nonverbal Synchrony in Technology-Mediated Interviews: A Cross-Cultural Study. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 46(4), 547-567. doi:10.1007/s10919-022-00416-3
  63. Daprati, E., Balestrucci, P., & Nico, D. (2022). Do graspable objects always leave a motor signature? A study on memory traces. Experimental Brain Research, 240(12), 3193-3206. doi:10.1007/s00221-022-06487-4
  64. Tremblay, S., Testard, C., DiTullio, R. W., Inchauspé, J., & Petrides, M. (2022). Neural cognitive signals during spontaneous movements in the macaque. Nature Neuroscience, 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41593-022-01220-4
  65. Tal, S., Bar-Kalifa, E., Kleinbub, J. R., Leibovich, L., Deres-Cohen, K., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2022). A multimodal case study utilizing physiological synchrony as indicator of context in which motion synchrony is associated with the working alliance. Psychotherapy. doi:10.1037/pst0000465
  66. Lopes-Rocha, A. C., Corcoran, C. M., Andrade, J. C., Peroni, L., Haddad, N. M., HortĂȘncio, L., . . . Loch, A. A. (2022). Motion energy analysis during speech tasks in medication-naĂŻve individuals with at-risk mental states for psychosis. Schizophrenia, 8(1), 1-9. doi:10.1038/s41537-022-00283-3
  67. Schwartz, B., Rubel, J. A., Deisenhofer, A.-K., & Lutz, W. (2022). Movement-based patient-therapist attunement in psychological therapy and its association with early change. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221129098. doi:10.1177/20552076221129098
  68. Ragone, G., Howland, K., & Brulé, E. (2022). Evaluating Interactional Synchrony in Full-Body Interaction with Autistic Children. In Interaction Design and Children (pp. 1-12). https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3501712.3529729
  69. Andreas, S., Gablonski, T., Tschacher, W., Gebhardt, A., Rabung, S., Schulz, H., & Kadur, J. (2022). Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in a face-to-face versus videoconferencing setting: A single case study. Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1002/jclp.23411
  70. Ravreby, I., Snitz, K., & Sobel, N. (2022). There is chemistry in social chemistry. Science Advances, 8(25), eabn0154. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abn0154
  71. Pan, Y., Dikker, S., Zhu, Y., Yang, C., Hu, Y., & Goldstein, P. (2022). Instructor-learner body coupling reflects instruction and learning. npj Science of Learning, 7, 15. doi:10.1038/s41539-022-00131-0
  72. Shechter, T., Asher, M., & Aderka, I. M. (2022). Man Vs. Machine: A Comparison of Human and Computer Assessment of Nonverbal Behavior in Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Advance online publication, 102587.
  73. Erdös, T., & Jansen, P. (2022). Movement synchrony over time: What’s in the trajectory of dyadic interactions in workplace coaching. Frontiers in Psychology, 1537. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845394
  74. Tourunen, A., Nyman-Salonen, P., Muotka, J., Penttonen, M., Seikkula, J., & Kykyri, V.-L. (2022). Associations between sympathetic nervous system synchrony, movement synchrony, and speech in couple therapy. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.818356
  75. Liu, T., Schultz, B. G., Dai, D., Liu, C., & Lense, M. D. (2021). Parent-Child Nonverbal Engagement During Read Versus Sung Book-Sharing in Preschoolers With and Without Asd. Psychology of Music, 03057356211058781.
  76. Zhao, Z., Tang, H., Alviar, C., Kello, C. T., Zhang, X., Hu, X., . . . Lu, J. (2022). Excessive and less complex body movement in children with autism during face-to-face conversation: An objective approach to behavioral quantification. Autism Res, 15(2), 305-316. doi:10.1002/aur.2646
  77. Völter, C., OberlÀnder, K., Mertens, S., & Ramseyer, F.T. (2022) Nonverbal synchrony in subjects with hearing impairment and their significant others. Front. Psychol. 13:964547. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964547
  78. Yap, S.S., Ramseyer, F.T, Fachner, J., Maidhof, C., Tschacher, W. & Tucek, G. (2022) Dyadic non-verbal synchrony during pre and post music therapy interventions and its relationship to self-reported therapy readiness. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 16:912729. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.912729
  79. Hamel, L. M., Moulder, R., Ramseyer, F.T., Penner, L., Albrecht, T. L., Boker, S., & Eggly, S. (2022). Nonverbal synchrony: An indicator of clinical communication quality in racially-concordant and racially-discordant oncology interactions. Cancer Control. doi:10.1177/10732748221113905
  80. Deres-Cohen, K., Lipsitz-Odess, I., Fisher, H., Ramseyer, F.T., Lutz., W., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2022). Shedding light on the effects of supportive techniques on nonverbal synchrony and their moderators in psychotherapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research. 32 (4), 470-483. doi:10.1080/10503307.2021.1966542
  81. Nyman-Salonen, P., Kykyri, V.-L., Tschacher, W., Muotka, J. S., Tourunen, A., Penttonen, M., & Seikkula, J. (2021). Nonverbal synchrony in couple therapy linked to clients’ well-being and the therapeutic alliance. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 718353. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718353
  82. Zhao, Z., Zhu, Z., Zhang, X., Tang, H., Xing, J., Hu, X., Lu, J., Peng, Q., & Qu, X. (2021). Atypical Head Movement During Face-to-face Interaction in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 14, 1197-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2478
  83. Zadok, E., Gordon, I., Navon, R., Rabin, S. J., & Golan, O. (2021). Shifts in behavioral synchrony in response to an interaction partner’s distress in adolescents with and without asd. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05307-y
  84. Koehler, J. C., Georgescu, A. L., Weiske, J., Spangemacher, M., Burghof, L., Falkai, P., Koutsouleris, N., Tschacher, W., Vogeley, K., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2021). Specificity of Interpersonal Synchrony Deficits to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Potential for Digitally Assisted Diagnostics. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05194-3
  85. Fujiwara, K., & Yokomitsu, K. (2021). Video-based tracking approach for nonverbal synchrony: A comparison of motion energy analysis and openpose. Behavior Research Methods, Advance online publication. doi:10.3758/s13428-021-01612-7
  86. Deres-Cohen, K., Dolev-Amit, T., Peysachov, G., Ramseyer, F.T., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2021). Nonverbal Synchrony as a Marker of Alliance Ruptures. Psychotherapy (Chic),58 (4), 499-509. doi:10.1037/pst0000384
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