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Trial reportAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2025

Promoting Social Connectedness Through Interbrain Neurofeedback.

Xiaojun Cheng, Rongbin Zhang, Phoebe Chen, Ziyuan Song, Feng Cheng, Suzanne Dikker, Yafeng Pan

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Promoting Social Connectedness Through Interbrain Neurofeedback.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025
    Trial
  2. Multi-brain neurofeedback: what are we training for?Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiaojun ChengSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Rongbin ZhangSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Phoebe ChenDepartment of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Ziyuan SongSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Feng ChengSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Suzanne DikkerDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Yafeng PanDepartment of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5633-8313

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are inherently driven to form meaningful relationships, yet attempts at social connection often fall short or fail. This study investigates whether social connectedness can be improved by modulating interbrain coupling-a neural correlate of successful social interactions-through neurofeedback. Using a multibrain computer interface that visualized, in real time, the degree to which dyad members' electroencephalography (EEG) signals synchronized, dyads were randomly assigned to receive either neurofeedback or sham feedback generated from random signals. Compared with the sham group, dyads receiving neurofeedback showed greater interbrain coupling, and increases in coupling were associated with stronger feelings of social connectedness. A chain-mediation analysis suggested that the experience of enhanced social connectedness was driven by a sense of joint control and shared intentionality. Together, these findings demonstrate the potential of interbrain neurofeedback to modulate interbrain coupling and support key components of social connectedness.

Indexed as

BrainInterpersonal RelationsNeurofeedbackSocial InteractionAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultEEG hyperscanninginterbrain couplinginterbrain neurofeedbackshared mental processsocial connectedness

Identifiers

PMID41214430
PMCPMC12728331

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