Effectiveness of sensorimotor training in different social conditions of men’s and women’s activities in mono-gender dyads

Relevance. Investigation the features of human achievement of the results of purposeful activity in different conditions of social interactions is relevant and of high significance. The importance of this issue is underscored by the need to equip businesses with skilled professionals who possess the necessary competencies, including social abilities, in line with the evolving demands of the modern world, and also to increase the effectiveness of the educational process. Furthermore, it is crucial to safeguard the psychosomatic health of the general public, which is heavily influenced by societal factors throughout their lives and work relationships. The aim of the study was to examine changes in performance measures of sensorimotor training in different social contexts of activity in same-sex male and female pairs. Materials and Methods: Sixty-five pairs of men and 63 pairs of women (age 19 years 7 months ± 3 months) were examined, using the sensorimotor training “Columns” of the hardware-­software complex “BOS-Kinesis” (Neurotech LLC, Taganrog, Russia). The research protocol included performing the tasks in different social contexts: individually, competitively, and collaboratively with a partner in conditions with and without feedback from participants’ actions. Results and Discussion. Three groups of subjects were identified according to the indicator of maximum performance in three individual trainings: high-, medium-, and low-performers. In competition, an increase in productivity was observed in the latter two groups. Sex differences were found in the proportion of subjects with initially low performance who improved performance in competition: their % was significantly lower among men than in the sample of women. In interpersonal sensorimotor coordination with feedback from partners’ actions, males had a significant decrease in personal performance and pair integral outcome measures, in contrast to female dyads. In cooperation without feedback from participants’ actions, a decrease in personal and integral performance was found for all pairs of subjects, but it was more significant in male dyads. Conclusion. Changes in result indicators in the joint contexts in dyads of subjects were determined by their initial individual performance levels and differed significantly between male and female pairs.