Midline frontal and occipito-temporal activity during error monitoring in dyadic motor interactions

Cooperation and competition are two basic modes of human interaction. Their underlying neural mechanisms, especially from an inter-personal perspective, have not been fully explored. Using the EEG-based hyperscanning technique, the present study investigated the neural correlates of both cooperation and competition within the same ecological paradigm using a classic motion-sensing tennis game. Both the inter-brain coupling (the inter-brain amplitude correlation and inter-brain phase-locking) and intra-brain spectral power were analyzed. Only the inter-brain amplitude correlation showed a significant difference between cooperation and competition, with different spatial patterns at the theta, alpha, and beta frequency bands. Further inspection revealed distinct inter-brain coupling patterns for cooperation and competition; cooperation elicited positive inter-brain amplitude correlation at the delta and theta bands in extensive brain regions, while competition was associated with negative occipital inter-brain amplitude correlation at the alpha and beta bands. These findings add to our knowledge of the neural mechanisms of cooperation and competition and suggest the significance of adopting an inter-brain perspective in exploring the neural underpinnings of social interaction in ecological contexts.

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Inter-brain amplitude correlation differentiates cooperation from competition in a motion-sensing sports game

Liu

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2021

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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“…The monitoring of others' actions can be considered a social process. For example, it is of particular importance for joint actions, when own actions are synchronized with others' (Loehr, Kourtis, Vesper, Sebanz, & Knoblich, 2013;Moreau, Candidi, Era, Tieri, Aglioti, 2020).…”

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Effects of trait empathy and expectation on the processing of observed actions

Albrecht

Bellebaum

2020

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Recent evidence suggests that the processing of observed actions may reflect an action prediction error, with more pronounced mediofrontal negative event-related potentials (ERPs) for unexpected actions. This evidence comes from an application of a false-belief task, where unexpected correct responses elicited high ERP amplitudes. An alternative interpretation is that the ERP component reflects vicarious error processing, as objectively correct responses were errors from the observed person’s perspective. In this study, we aimed to disentangle the two possibilities by adding the factor task difficulty, which varied expectations without affecting the definition of (vicarious) errors, and to explore the role of empathy in action observation. We found that the relationship between empathy and event-related potentials (ERPs) mirrored the relationship between empathy and behavioral expectancy measures. Only in the easy task condition did higher empathy lead to stronger expectancy of correct responses in the true-belief and of errors in the false-belief condition. A compatible pattern was found for an early ERP component (150–200 ms) after the observed response, with a larger negativity for error than correct responses in the true-belief and the reverse pattern in the false-belief condition, but only in highly empathic participants. We conclude that empathy facilitates the formation of expectations regarding the actions of others. These expectations then modulate the processing of observed actions, as indicated by the ERPs in the present study.

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“…Importantly for the present review, a recent study showed that the same fronto-central electroencephalographic markers (in particular theta/alpha synchronisation) registered when performing or observing errors also emerge during motor interactions [193], when prediction and monitoring of the partner's action is needed [194]. It is relevant to note that the source of the registered theta/alpha activity included frontal and occipito-temporal regions (i.e., the Extrastiate Body Area) [193], suggesting their putative role in integrating visual and motor information during motor interactions [195]. Taken together, these studies highlight a fundamental role of brain regions implicated in visuo-motor transformation, known to be linked to multisensory body and PPS representations (see [97]), in supporting the ability to efficiently interact with others.…”

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Interpersonal Motor Interactions Shape Multisensory Representations of the Peripersonal Space

2021

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This perspective review focuses on the proposal that predictive multisensory integration occurring in one’s peripersonal space (PPS) supports individuals’ ability to efficiently interact with others, and that integrating sensorimotor signals from the interacting partners leads to the emergence of a shared representation of the PPS. To support this proposal, we first introduce the features of body and PPS representations that are relevant for interpersonal motor interactions. Then, we highlight the role of action planning and execution on the dynamic expansion of the PPS. We continue by presenting evidence of PPS modulations after tool use and review studies suggesting that PPS expansions may be accounted for by Bayesian sensory filtering through predictive coding. In the central section, we describe how this conceptual framework can be used to explain the mechanisms through which the PPS may be modulated by the actions of our interaction partner, in order to facilitate interpersonal coordination. Last, we discuss how this proposal may support recent evidence concerning PPS rigidity in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its possible relatioship with ASD individuals’ difficulties during interpersonal coordination. Future studies will need to clarify the mechanisms and neural underpinning of these dynamic, interpersonal modulations of the PPS.

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Midline frontal and occipito-temporal activity during error monitoring in dyadic motor interactions

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Inter-brain amplitude correlation differentiates cooperation from competition in a motion-sensing sports game

Inter-brain amplitude correlation differentiates cooperation from competition in a motion-sensing sports game

Effects of trait empathy and expectation on the processing of observed actions

Interpersonal Motor Interactions Shape Multisensory Representations of the Peripersonal Space

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