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Inter-brain Neural Coupling
2014 - 2016
During this period, inter-brain neural coupling emerges as a measurable marker of real-time social coordination in naturalistic communication. Hyperscanning studies using functional near-infrared spectroscopy reveal brain-to-brain coupling during dialogue and joint action. A parallel emphasis on methodological guardrails for applying neuroscience to organizational and social contexts—addressing volume conduction, ecological validity, and overgeneralization—coexists with a move toward data-driven modeling that uses neural measures as predictors of communication outcomes and informs education, rehabilitation, and media discourse.
• Inter-brain neural synchronization during natural group communication using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning reveals brain-to-brain coupling across individuals during dialogue [7], [13].
• Methodological critique and guardrails for applying neuroscience in organizational and social science contexts, emphasizing risks from volume conduction and overgeneralization [4], [11], [15].
• Neural prediction and data-driven modeling of communication outcomes, leveraging brain measures as mediators or predictors and integrating big-data approaches [1], [3], [9].
• Neuroscience-informed education and aphasia-language resources, exploring optimum learning contexts and neural mechanisms for language rehabilitation [10], [16], [20].
• Media neuroscience and public understanding of brain science, analyzing reporting patterns and the diffusion of neuroscience in culture and media discourse [8], [18], [12].