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- Title
Intra-Brain Connectivity vs. Inter-Brain Connectivity in Gestures Reproduction: What Relationship?
- Authors
Balconi, Michela; Fronda, Giulia
- Abstract
Recently, the neurosciences have become interested in the investigation of neural responses associated with the use of gestures. This study focuses on the relationship between the intra-brain and inter-brain connectivity mechanisms underlying the execution of different categories of gestures (positive and negative affective, social, and informative) characterizing non-verbal interactions between thirteen couples of subjects, each composed of an encoder and a decoder. The study results underline a similar modulation of intra- and inter-brain connectivity for alpha, delta, and theta frequency bands in specific areas (frontal or posterior regions) depending on the type of gesture. Moreover, taking into account the gestures' valence (positive or negative), a similar modulation of intra- and inter-brain connectivity in the left and right sides was observed. This study showed congruence in the intra-brain and inter-brain connectivity trend during the execution of different gestures, underlining how non-verbal exchanges might be characterized by intra-brain phase alignment and implicit mechanisms of mirroring and synchronization between the two individuals involved in the social exchange.
- Subjects
SOCIAL exchange; GESTURE
- Publication
Brain Sciences (2076-3425), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 5, p577
- ISSN
2076-3425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/brainsci11050577