Namkje Koudenburg
Namkje Koudenburg appears on this site as first author of the 2011 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology paper on how brief silences in group conversations affect social needs, with Tom Postmes and Ernestine Gordijn.
Who they are
The work of Namkje Koudenburg reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Conversational Flow.
Key papers
Koudenburg, N., Postmes, T., & Gordijn, E. H. (2011). Disrupting the flow: How brief silences in group conversations affect social needs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(2), 512-515. What it reports: In two studies, a brief silence after a mildly controversial remark, in a written scenario and in a video of a group conversation, raised feelings of rejection and lowered belonging, self-esteem and the sense that the group agreed.
Key ideas
Conversational Flow: The shared, fluent rhythm of talk in which turns follow one another with short gaps, and which supports belonging and a sense of agreement.
Sources
- Koudenburg, N., Postmes, T., & Gordijn, E. H. (2011). Disrupting the flow: How brief silences in group conversations affect social needs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(2), 512-515.