Action Observation and Synchronization

This study compares neural network topology during joint tapping between strangers and acquaintances, finding denser brain-to-brain coupling in strangers.

This study compares the neural networks involved in action observation between dogs and humans using fMRI, finding similar somatosensory and temporal lobe involvement but less parietal lobe engagement in dogs.

This study examines how neural synchronization between speakers and listeners during storytelling reflects a 'herding effect' where listeners follow the speaker's brain activity patterns, enhancing narrative engagement.

The paper investigates motor simulation deficits in aphantasia by comparing MEP responses during motor imagery and action observation between phantasics and aphantasics.

The paper examines neural synchronization in the default mode network during the appearance of protagonists and antagonists in movies, finding higher synchronization in the inferior frontal gyrus and orbitofrontal cortex for protagonists.

This study examines how social features are represented in the brain during movie viewing, identifying key regions involved in social processing and mental state inference.

This study investigates how the brain represents motion events based on agentive versus physical forces using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis, finding shared and distinct neural representations in different brain regions.

The paper investigates motor simulation during action reading in individuals with and without aphantasia, finding reduced corticospinal excitability and comprehension in aphantasics.

This study uses EEG-fMRI fusion to show that social touch is processed rapidly through a social perceptual pathway before involving somatosensory cortex.

The study shows that architectural space influences social cognition by modulating neural responses to others' body expressions through motor system engagement.

The paper shows that F5 mirror neurons in macaques poorly match action codes during observation and execution, challenging the motor representation hypothesis of action understanding.

The paper shows that real TMS over the left premotor cortex increases false alarms in illusory social perception tasks compared to sham TMS.

The paper tests if seeing touch activates similar neural representations as feeling touch, finding overlap only in individuals who experience vicarious touch.

The paper investigates neural correlates of social affordance processing during visual encoding of hand postures using EEG, finding early differential processing in occipito-temporal regions.

The paper examines neural synchrony in mother-infant interactions during proto-conversations and finds it relates to turn-taking frequency and infant brain maturity and vocabulary development.

The paper examines how mutual gaze onsets during infant-caregiver interactions affect neural responses and inter-brain synchrony, finding sender-specific effects without increased synchrony.

The paper investigates whether action language and motor imagery share motor representations through behavioral and neurophysiological experiments.

This study identifies brain regions and molecular mechanisms associated with interpersonal neural synchronization using multimodal data fusion and meta-analysis.

This study investigates how objecthood and animacy affect movement and posture processing using EEG frequency tagging, finding that movement processing depends on objecthood but not animacy, while posture processing depends on both.

This study examines brain synchronization during economic exchanges between acquainted pairs, finding no increase in IBS compared to strangers but identifying pair-specific synchronization in specific brain regions during the task.

This study investigates empathy for pain in Tourette syndrome by comparing neural responses and behavioral measures between patients and controls.

The paper investigates the neural correlates of cognitive processes during social interactions using EEG, revealing dynamic patterns in brain activity related to action observation and predictive coding.

This study shows that corticospinal excitability and intracortical inhibition during action observation predict motor skill improvement in action observation training.

The paper investigates how sentence context affects corticospinal excitability during action verb processing, finding that rich context sharpens motor representations.

This study investigates how the Action Observation Network (AON) processes socially directed versus object-directed actions in adolescents and adults using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis.

This paper conducts two meta-analyses comparing the effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) to AO, MI, and control conditions on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes.

The paper uses intracranial recordings to show that the insula encodes pain intensity from different stimuli with distinct spatial and temporal coding patterns.

The paper investigates the neural correlates of conscious social perception using fMRI and observer reports, finding that social perception is subjective and influenced by internalizing traits.

This study compares brain-to-brain synchrony during live and technologically-assisted remote mother-child interactions, finding reduced synchrony in remote settings and implications for social brain development.

This study investigates how live facial expressions compared to pre-recorded ones affect brain activity and connectivity during social interaction, finding enhanced mirror neuron system engagement and emotional contagion.