ArticleSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2021
Being 'in sync'-is interactional synchrony the key to understanding the social brain?
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- In sync through laughter? An fNIRS hyperscanning study on neural synchrony and social connection.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Simultaneous intracranial recordings of interacting brains reveal neurocognitive dynamics of human cooperation.Nature neuroscience · 2025Article
- Bringing together multimodal and multilevel approaches to study the emergence of social bonds between children and improve social AI.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2024Article
- Intra- and inter-brain synchrony oscillations underlying social adjustment.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Parent-infant affect synchrony during social and solo play.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Intra- and inter-brain coupling and activity dynamics during improvisational music therapy with a person with dementia: an explorative EEG-hyperscanning single case study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Oxytocin but not naturally occurring variation in caregiver touch associates with infant social orienting.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The past couple of decades produced a surge of interest in interaction synchrony. Moving from the study of behavioral coordination to investigating the coordination of psychophysiological and brain activity, relevant research has tackled a broad range of interactional settings with a multitude of measurement and analysis tools. This method diversity produced a host of interesting results converging on the fact that individuals engaged in social exchange tend to temporally align external as well as internal processes. Moreover, there appears to be a reciprocal relationship between the individuals' affective bond and the extent of synchronization, which together benefit interaction outcomes. Notably, however, the current breadth of study approaches creates challenges for the field, including how to compare findings and how to develop a theoretical framework that unites and directs ongoing research efforts. More concerted efforts are called for to achieve the conceptual and methodological clarity needed to answer core questions and enabling a balanced pursuit of both synchronous and asynchronous processes.
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