Action Observation and Synchronization

Pupillometry and Whole-Brain c-Fos Mapping Uncover Multimodal Mirror Mechanisms in Emotional Contagion Networks of Mice

This study uses pupillometry and whole-brain c-Fos mapping to show that emotional contagion in mice involves shared neural activation and multisensory processing.

EEG frequency tagging reveals the integration of dissimilar observed actions

The paper uses EEG frequency tagging to show that less similar observed actions are more integrated in the brain, suggesting integration-by-dissimilarity resolves conflicts in complex social scenes.

Investigating visuo-tactile mirror properties in Borderline Personality Disorder: a TMS-EEG study

This study investigates visuo-tactile mirror system (TaMS) connectivity in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) using TMS-EEG, finding impaired TaMS function and altered somatosensory network connectivity in BPD patients.

Computational joint action: dynamical models to understand the development of joint coordination

This paper introduces a computational model based on game theory and Bayesian estimation to understand how joint coordination develops over repeated trials in human dyads.

Multi-level processing of emotions in life motion signals revealed through pupil responses

The paper shows that emotional content in biological motion signals modulates pupil responses, with happy motion causing larger dilation than sad, and this effect relates to autistic traits.

Interpersonal Synchronization in Mother-Child Dyads: Neural and Motor Coupling as a Mechanism for Motor Learning and Development in Preschoolers

This study examines motor and neural synchronization in mother-child dyads during structured and spontaneous interactions, finding that motor synchronization correlates with children's motor development.

An Open-Access Database of Video Stimuli for Action Observation Research in Neuroimaging Settings: Psychometric Evaluation and Motion Characterization

The paper presents an open-access video database for action observation research, validated with psychometric tests and motion timing analysis, available on Open Science Framework.

Causal role of frontocentral beta oscillation in comprehending linguistic communicative functions

The paper demonstrates that frontocentral beta oscillations causally contribute to understanding linguistic communicative functions through EEG and tACS experiments.

Predicting social experience from dyadic interaction dynamics: the BallGame, a novel paradigm to study social engagement

The paper introduces the BallGame paradigm to study social engagement, finding that coordination success and view similarity predict social experience.

Perception/action coupling is modulated by the age-related motor skills of the agent performing the action

This study investigates how age-related motor skills of agents performing actions influence perception/action coupling in adults using eye-tracking and pupil dilation.

Brain-to-brain coupling forecasts future joint action outcomes

This study shows that brain-to-brain coupling patterns during a time-estimation task can predict success or failure in joint action based on post-feedback theta power correlations.

Perception/action coupling in children with autism: insights from looking time and pupil dilation measurements

This study uses eye-tracking to measure perception/action coupling in children with ASD by analyzing looking time and pupil dilation during video viewing of actions in forward and backward directions.

Background environment modulates motor contagions in humans

This study shows that the environment in which an observed action occurs influences motor contagions in humans, as participants moved faster after observing steering in a narrowing versus widening visual channel.

Shared representations of human actions across vision and language

The paper investigates how action representations are organized in human cognition and language models, finding shared structure based on action targets across video and sentence modalities.

Top-down biological motion perception does not differ between adults scoring high versus low on autism traits

This study investigates whether autism traits affect top-down biological motion perception, finding no difference in temporal integration but a difference in perceptual focus between high and low autism trait groups.

Neural mechanisms of costly helping in the general population and mirror-pain synesthetes

The paper examines how mirror-pain synesthetes and non-synesthetes differ in their willingness to help others in pain, using fMRI to link brain activity to donation decisions across different pain-conveying modalities.

Evidence for a role of synchrony but not common fate in the perception of biological group movements

The paper investigates how dynamic cues like synchrony and common fate influence the perception of biological group movements, finding that synchrony enhances grouping while common fate does not.

Decoding familiar visual object categories in the mu rhythm oscillatory response

The paper uses multivariate pattern analysis to show that the mu rhythm encodes information about familiar graspable objects but not unfamiliar ones, suggesting sensorimotor activation during visual perception.

Theta activity discriminates high-level, species-specific body processes

The paper investigates theta activity in response to body images, finding a species-specific neural response to human bodies.

Mu Suppression During Action Observation Only in the Lower, not in the Higher, Frequency Subband

The paper examines mu suppression in different frequency subbands during action observation and finds stronger suppression in the lower subband for hand and facial actions.

Distinct Social Behavior and Inter-Brain Connectivity in Dyads with Autistic Individuals

This study compares social behavior and inter-brain connectivity in dyads with autistic individuals and typically developing participants during social imitation tasks, finding differences in role preference and inter-brain synchrony.

The topology of interpersonal neural network in weak social ties

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

Decoding the spatiotemporal dynamic neural representation of repetitive facial expression imitation

The paper examines how repeated facial emotion imitation affects neural spatiotemporal patterns in the mirror neuron system over time.

Coordinated social interactions are supported by integrated neural representations

The paper investigates how humans coordinate joint actions through neural representations, finding that integrated motor plans emerge during synchronized interactions but not during independent ones.

Connectivity and functional diversity of different temporo-occipital nodes for action perception

This study identifies distinct temporo-occipital nodes with different connectivity patterns related to action perception using fMRI and independent component analysis.

Action observation reveals a network with divergent temporal and parietal lobe engagement in dogs compared to humans

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.

How a speaker herds the audience: Multi-brain neural convergence over time during naturalistic storytelling

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.

Explicit and implicit motor simulations are impaired in individuals with aphantasia

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

Heroes and villains: opposing narrative roles engage neural synchronization in the lateral inferior frontal gyrus

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.

Multidimensional neural representations of social features during movie viewing

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.