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Mary Gahagan

Virginia Tech

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Social attention and coordinated movement produce dissociable spectral and network changes during dyadic improvisational dance

Rachel M. Delauder, Noor Tasnim, Mackenzie M. Aychman, Mary Gahagan, Jessica Purevtugs, Jesse Newpol, Ryan Frank, Grace Grizzell, Grace Nobriga, Sarah Rose, Julia C. Basso

The paper examines neural effects of different social and movement components during dyadic dance, finding dissociable spectral and network changes associated with social attention, verbal engagement, and coordinated movement.

bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Amplitude without phase: interpersonal movement coordination grades inter-brain coupling

Noor Tasnim, Rachel M. Delauder, Mackenzie M. Aychman, Zachary Moore, Mary Gahagan, Jessica Purevtugs, Jesse Newpol, Ryan Frank, Grace Grizzell, Grace Nobriga, Sarah Rose, Julia C. Basso

The paper shows that inter-brain coupling during interpersonal movement coordination is characterized by fast-band amplitude-envelope coupling, not phase synchrony, and is predicted by movement synchrony.

bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

The Choreography of Coupled Brains: Coordinated Movement and Multi-Scale Neural Synchrony in Musical Theater for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Zachary Moore, Noor Tasnim, Ryan Frank, Carolyn Jones, Vidhi Tripathi, Grace Nobriga, Sindhu Dhaveji, Mary Gahagan, Jessica Purevtugs, Jesse Newpol, Julia C. Basso

This study examines neural synchrony during musical theater performances in individuals with developmental disabilities, finding increased brain activity and inter-brain coupling linked to coordinated movement.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience