Brain-to-brain synchronization across two persons predicts mutual prosociality.

ABSTRACT: People tend to be more prosocial after synchronizing behaviors with others, yet the underlying neural mechanisms are rarely known. In this study, participant dyads performed either a coordination task or an independence task, with their brain activations recorded via the functional near-infrared spectroscopy hyperscanning technique. Participant dyads in the coordination group showed higher synchronized behaviors and greater subsequent inclination to help each other than those in the independence group, indicating the prosocial effect of interpersonal synchrony. Importantly, the coordination group demonstrated the significant task-related brain coherence, namely the interbrain synchronization, at the left middle frontal area. The detected interbrain synchronization was sensitive to shared i

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716073 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature