Analysis of Intellectual Resonance (or Synchronization) Using a Card Game (8) Spatially Asymmetrical Property of Interactions

In a series of previous studies, we have established a method to quantitatively analyze intellectual resonance based on a concrete message. This method allows us to analyze how and to what extent intellectual resonance occurs in a group, through the use of digital information such as numbers and characters. In this method, participants take their seats and fill out special cards according to game instructions. The degree of coincidence among neighboring participants is then examined and scores are assigned to the results. The scores are evaluated using mathematical tools within a probability theory framework. We named this trial Synchro-X. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the spatially asymmetrical property of coincidences which occurred among pairs of humans. We analyzed the data of 51 trials conducted by 598 participants in 17 groups. The total score was divided into four subscores according to seat arrangement of the matched pairs as follows: 1) left and right direction (LR); 2) right anterior and left posterior oblique directions (RO); 3) left anterior and right posterior oblique directions (LO); and 4) anterior and posterior direction (AP). The total score was 2,126. The classified subscores for LR, RO, LO, and AP were 630, 458, 470, and 568, respectively (1). Theoretically calculated expected values for LR, RO, LO, and AP were 571, 576, 490, and 489, respectively (2). A quality test of fit between (1) and (2) using the chi-square distribution negated the null hypothesis that LR=RO=LO=AP (p<0.03). More detailed chi-square tests revealed that LR>AP (p<0.05), LR>RO (p<0.007), LR>LO (p<0.02), and that there were no significant differences between RO, LO, and AP. The above results suggest that the intellectual functions of two humans sitting in neighboring seats have a subconscious interaction, and that a spatially asymmetrical property exists in the interaction.