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Team Flow Is a Unique Brain State Associated with Enhanced Information Integration and Interbrain Synchrony.
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- Recent Trends in Non-invasive Neural Recording Based Brain-to-Brain Synchrony Analysis on Multidisciplinary Human Interactions for Understanding Brain Dynamics: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
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- Attentional modulation of sensory gating during a visuomotor task.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2026Article
- Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Physiological assessment of the psychological flow state using wearable devices.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A hierarchical trait and state model for decoding dyadic social interactions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Temporal equal and active participation in synchronous collaborative learning: Antecedents and effect for learning.PloS one · 2025Article
- Exploring the Neural Correlates of Flow Experience with Multifaceted Tasks and a Single-Channel Prefrontal EEG Recording.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Music's ability to foster prosocial behavior: a teleofunctionalist perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- When do parts form wholes? Integrated information as the restriction on mereological composition.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2023Article
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Abstract
Team flow occurs when a group functions in a high task engagement to achieve a goal, commonly seen in performance and sports. Team flow can enable enhanced positive experiences, as compared with individual flow or regular socializing. However, the neural basis for this enhanced behavioral state remains unclear. Here, we identified neural correlates (NCs) of team flow in human participants using a music rhythm task with electroencephalogram hyperscanning. Experimental manipulations held the motor task constant while disrupting the corresponding hedonic music to interfere with the flow state or occluding the partner's positive feedback to impede team interaction. We validated these manipulations by using psychometric ratings and an objective measure for the depth of flow experience, which uses the auditory-evoked potential (AEP) of a task-irrelevant stimulus. Spectral power analysis at both the scalp sensors and anatomic source levels revealed higher β-γ power specific to team flow in the left middle temporal cortex (L-MTC). Causal interaction analysis revealed that the L-MTC is downstream in information processing and receives information from areas encoding the flow or social states. The L-MTC significantly contributes to integrating information. Moreover, we found that team flow enhances global interbrain integrated information (II) and neural synchrony. We conclude that the NCs of team flow induce a distinct brain state. Our results suggest a neurocognitive mechanism to create this unique experience.
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