APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Communication In Pairs: Does a High-Level Construal Foster Shared-Reality Creation?
Session: ISS FLASH TALKS: The Reciprocal Dynamics of Individual and Collective Cognition
Authors
- Sophie Katharina DoegePresenting Author
University of Salzburg - Gerald Echterhoff
University of Muenster - Wagner Ullrich
University of Muenster - Jochim Hansen
University of Salzburg
Abstract
In a high-powered and preregistered laboratory experiment using free-flowing conversations between participants about ambiguous pictures to assess shared reality, no evidence for the influence of construal level on shared reality was found. Potential reasons for this finding, e.g., the relevance of motivational variables such as belonging needs, will be discussed.
