Something strange and rather wonderful happens when two people are working together on the same task, a new study shows: key regions of their brains sync up, suggesting we can match each other's neural activity when we're in groups.
In the study, 39 pairs of volunteers were asked to design the interior of a virtual room together via a touchscreen, until it was satisfactory to both of them. As well as having their brain activity monitored through atechnique, the participants were watched for signs of eye contact.
To study the participants' responses, the researchers developed special processing and modeling techniques capable of recognizing social interactions and mapping them to particular moments and regions of brain activity.
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