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Teams on the same wavelength perform better: Inter-brain phase synchronization constitutes a neural substrate for social facilitation.
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NeuroImage . May2017, Vol. 152, p425-436. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Working together feels easier with some people than with others. We asked participants to perform a visual search task either alone or with a partner while simultaneously measuring each participant's EEG. Local phase synchronization and inter-brain phase synchronization were generally higher when subjects jointly attended to a visual search task than when they attended to the same task individually. Some participants searched the visual display more efficiently and made faster decisions when working as a team, whereas other dyads did not benefit from working together. These inter-team differences in behavioral performance gain in the visual search task were reliably associated with inter-team differences in local and inter-brain phase synchronization. Our results suggest that phase synchronization constitutes a neural correlate of social facilitation, and may help to explain why some teams perform better than others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10538119
- Volume :
- 152
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- NeuroImage
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123015912
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.013