NeuroscienceScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction
Dan‐Mikael Ellingsen, Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung…·Vitaly Napadow
This study investigates patient-clinician interactions using hyperscanning fMRI, finding that analgesia is mediated by behavioral mirroring and brain-to-brain concordance in social circuits, particularly in dyads with prior clinical rapport.