The aim of the present study is to investigate the neurophysiological basis of the cognitive functions underlying the execution of joint actions, by means of the recent technique called hyperscanning. Neuroelectrical hyperscanning is based on the simultaneous recording of brain activity from multiple subjects and includes the analysis of the functional relation between the brain activity of all the interacting individuals. We recorded simultaneous high density electroencephalography (hdEEG) from 16 pairs of subjects involved in a computerized joint action paradigm, with controlled levels of cooperation. Results of cortical connectivity analysis returned significant differences, in terms of inter-brain functional causal links, between the condition of cooperative joint action and a condition in which the subjects were told they were interacting with a PC, while actually interacting with another human subject. Such differences, described by selected brain connectivity indices, point toward an integration between the two subjects' brain activity in the cooperative condition, with respect to control conditions.
Investigating the neural basis of cooperative joint action. An EEG hyperscanning study / Astolfi, Laura; Toppi, Jlenia; P., Vogel; D., Mattia; Babiloni, Fabio; Ciaramidaro, Angela; M., Siniatchkin. - 2014:(2014), pp. 4896-4899. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY ... ANNUAL CONFERENCE nel 2014-Aug) [10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944721].
Investigating the neural basis of cooperative joint action. An EEG hyperscanning study.
ASTOLFI, LAURA;TOPPI, JLENIA;BABILONI, Fabio;CIARAMIDARO, ANGELA;
2014
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the neurophysiological basis of the cognitive functions underlying the execution of joint actions, by means of the recent technique called hyperscanning. Neuroelectrical hyperscanning is based on the simultaneous recording of brain activity from multiple subjects and includes the analysis of the functional relation between the brain activity of all the interacting individuals. We recorded simultaneous high density electroencephalography (hdEEG) from 16 pairs of subjects involved in a computerized joint action paradigm, with controlled levels of cooperation. Results of cortical connectivity analysis returned significant differences, in terms of inter-brain functional causal links, between the condition of cooperative joint action and a condition in which the subjects were told they were interacting with a PC, while actually interacting with another human subject. Such differences, described by selected brain connectivity indices, point toward an integration between the two subjects' brain activity in the cooperative condition, with respect to control conditions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.