Journal article
Neural Synchronization during Face-to-Face Communication
The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.32(45), pp.16064-16069
11/07/2012
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2926-12.2012
PMCID: PMC6621612
PMID: 23136442
Abstract
Although the human brain may have evolutionarily adapted to face-to-face communication, other modes of communication, e. g., telephone and e-mail, increasingly dominate our modern daily life. This study examined the neural difference between face-to-face communication and other types of communication by simultaneously measuring two brains using a hyperscanning approach. The results showed a significant increase in the neural synchronization in the left inferior frontal cortex during a face-to-face dialog between partners but none during a back-to-back dialog, a face-to-face monologue, or a back-to-back monologue. Moreover, the neural synchronization between partners during the face-to-face dialog resulted primarily from the direct interactions between the partners, including multi-modal sensory information integration and turn-taking behavior. The communicating behavior during the face-to-face dialog could be predicted accurately based on the neural synchronization level. These results suggest that face-to-face communication, particularly dialog, has special neural features that other types of communication do not have and that the neural synchronization between partners may underlie successful face-to-face communication.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neural Synchronization during Face-to-Face Communication
- Creators
- Jing Jiang - Beijing Normal UniversityBohan Dai - Beijing Normal UniversityDanling Peng - Beijing Normal UniversityChaozhe Zhu - Beijing Normal UniversityLi Liu - Beijing Normal UniversityChunming Lu - Beijing Normal University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.32(45), pp.16064-16069
- Publisher
- Soc Neuroscience
- DOI
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2926-12.2012
- PMID
- 23136442
- PMCID
- PMC6621612
- ISSN
- 0270-6474
- eISSN
- 1529-2401
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 31270023 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 2012CB720701 / National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program); National Basic Research Program of China
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/07/2012
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurology (Pediatrics)
- Record Identifier
- 9984360128402771
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