Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively new neuroimaging technique adequate and useful for exploring neural activity in social contexts involving human interactions. Compared to functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), fNIRS is easy-to-use safe, noninvasive, silent, relatively low cost and portable, and applicable to subjects of all ages, thus resulting in a good option for ecological studies involving humans in their real-life context. Moreover, by using hyperscanning technique, fNIRS allows recording the hemodynamic cerebral activity of two interacting subjects in an ecological context or during a shared performance. Thus, moving from a simple analysis about each subject’s neural response during joint actions towards more complex computations makes possible to investigate brain synchrony, that is the if and how one’s brain activity is related to that of another interacting partner simultaneously recorded. Here, we discuss how connectivity analyses, with respect to both time and frequency domain procedures, permitted to deepen some aspects of inter-brain synchrony in relation to emotional closeness, and to highlight how concurrent, cooperative actions can lead to interpersonal synchrony and bond construction.
Exploring the Connected Brain by fNIRS: Human-to-Human Interactions Engineering / L. Angioletti, M.E. Vanutelli, G. Fronda, M. Balconi (APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATERIALS). - In: Engineering Technology: Properties and Technologies / [a cura di] J. Wan Hu. - [s.l] : Trans Tech Publications, 2019. - ISBN 9783035713268. - pp. 13-19 (( convegno International Conference on Material Science and Engineering Technology tenutosi a Saipan nel 2019 [10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.893.13].
Exploring the Connected Brain by fNIRS: Human-to-Human Interactions Engineering
M.E. Vanutelli;
2019
Abstract
Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively new neuroimaging technique adequate and useful for exploring neural activity in social contexts involving human interactions. Compared to functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), fNIRS is easy-to-use safe, noninvasive, silent, relatively low cost and portable, and applicable to subjects of all ages, thus resulting in a good option for ecological studies involving humans in their real-life context. Moreover, by using hyperscanning technique, fNIRS allows recording the hemodynamic cerebral activity of two interacting subjects in an ecological context or during a shared performance. Thus, moving from a simple analysis about each subject’s neural response during joint actions towards more complex computations makes possible to investigate brain synchrony, that is the if and how one’s brain activity is related to that of another interacting partner simultaneously recorded. Here, we discuss how connectivity analyses, with respect to both time and frequency domain procedures, permitted to deepen some aspects of inter-brain synchrony in relation to emotional closeness, and to highlight how concurrent, cooperative actions can lead to interpersonal synchrony and bond construction.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
exploring the connected brain.pdf
accesso riservato
Tipologia:
Publisher's version/PDF
Dimensione
747.7 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
747.7 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri Richiedi una copia |
exploring the connected brain.pdf
accesso aperto
Tipologia:
Post-print, accepted manuscript ecc. (versione accettata dall'editore)
Dimensione
281.46 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
281.46 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri |
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.