Functional EEG connectivity during competition
Abstract Background Social behavior and interactions pervasively shape and influence our lives and relationships. Competition, in particular, has become a core topic in social neuroscience since it stresses the relevance and salience of social comparison processes between the inter-agents that are i...
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| description | Abstract Background Social behavior and interactions pervasively shape and influence our lives and relationships. Competition, in particular, has become a core topic in social neuroscience since it stresses the relevance and salience of social comparison processes between the inter-agents that are involved in a common task. The majority of studies, however, investigated such kind of social interaction via one-person individual paradigms, thus not taking into account relevant information concerning interdependent participants’ behavioral and neural responses. In the present study, dyads of volunteers participated in a hyperscanning paradigm and competed in a computerized attention task while their electrophysiological (EEG) activity and performance were monitored and recorded. Behavioral data and inter-brain coupling measures based on EEG frequency data were then computed and compared across different experimental conditions: a control condition (individual task, t0), a first competitive condition (pre-feedback condition, t1), and a second competitive condition following a positive reinforcing feedback (post-feedback condition, t2). Results Results showed that during competitive tasks participants’ performance was improved with respect to control condition (reduced response times and error rates), with a further specific improvement after receiving a reinforcing feedback. Concurrently, we observed a reduction of inter-brain functional connectivity (primarily involving bilateral prefrontal areas) for slower EEG frequency bands (delta and theta). Finally, correlation analyses highlighted a significant association between cognitive performance and inter-brain connectivity measures. Conclusions The present results may help identifying specific patterns of behavioral and inter-brain coupling measures associated to competition and processing of social reinforcements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d148edc91fca4357b44893b4537ec0e42022-12-21T20:08:12ZengBMCBMC Neuroscience1471-22022018-10-0119111110.1186/s12868-018-0464-6Functional EEG connectivity during competitionMichela Balconi0Maria Elide Vanutelli1Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, Catholic University of the Sacred HeartResearch Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, Catholic University of the Sacred HeartAbstract Background Social behavior and interactions pervasively shape and influence our lives and relationships. Competition, in particular, has become a core topic in social neuroscience since it stresses the relevance and salience of social comparison processes between the inter-agents that are involved in a common task. The majority of studies, however, investigated such kind of social interaction via one-person individual paradigms, thus not taking into account relevant information concerning interdependent participants’ behavioral and neural responses. In the present study, dyads of volunteers participated in a hyperscanning paradigm and competed in a computerized attention task while their electrophysiological (EEG) activity and performance were monitored and recorded. Behavioral data and inter-brain coupling measures based on EEG frequency data were then computed and compared across different experimental conditions: a control condition (individual task, t0), a first competitive condition (pre-feedback condition, t1), and a second competitive condition following a positive reinforcing feedback (post-feedback condition, t2). Results Results showed that during competitive tasks participants’ performance was improved with respect to control condition (reduced response times and error rates), with a further specific improvement after receiving a reinforcing feedback. Concurrently, we observed a reduction of inter-brain functional connectivity (primarily involving bilateral prefrontal areas) for slower EEG frequency bands (delta and theta). Finally, correlation analyses highlighted a significant association between cognitive performance and inter-brain connectivity measures. Conclusions The present results may help identifying specific patterns of behavioral and inter-brain coupling measures associated to competition and processing of social reinforcements.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12868-018-0464-6CompetitionHyperscanningEEGFunctional connectivityReinforcing feedback |
| spellingShingle | Michela Balconi Maria Elide Vanutelli Functional EEG connectivity during competition BMC Neuroscience Competition Hyperscanning EEG Functional connectivity Reinforcing feedback |
| title | Functional EEG connectivity during competition |
| title_full | Functional EEG connectivity during competition |
| title_fullStr | Functional EEG connectivity during competition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Functional EEG connectivity during competition |
| title_short | Functional EEG connectivity during competition |
| title_sort | functional eeg connectivity during competition |
| topic | Competition Hyperscanning EEG Functional connectivity Reinforcing feedback |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12868-018-0464-6 |
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