Interpersonal frontopolar neural synchronization in group communication: An exploration toward fNIRS hyperscanning of natural interactions

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 133; pp. 484 - 497
• Main Authors: Nozawa, Takayuki, Sasaki, Yukako, Sakaki, Kohei, Yokoyama, Ryoichi, Kawashima, Ryuta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Artifact reduction; Brain Mapping - methods; Cognition & reasoning; Communication; Cortical Synchronization - physiology; Female; fNIRS; Functional Neuroimaging - methods; Heart rate; Humans; Hyperscanning; Interpersonal neural synchronization; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; Respiration; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skin blood flow; Social cognition; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods; Studies; Verbal communication; Wavelet transforms; Young Adult; fNIRS; Interpersonal neural synchronization; Artifact reduction; Skin blood flow; Hyperscanning; Social cognition

Research of interpersonal neural synchronization (INS) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning is an expanding nascent field. This field still requires the accumulation of findings and establishment of analytic standards. In this study, we therefore intend to extend fNIRS-b...