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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Social Robotics

Background:

  • Human cooperation and interaction benefit from social cues.
  • Integrating social factors into human-robot interaction (HRI) may improve outcomes.
  • Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer potential for enhanced human-machine communication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate brain-to-brain coupling during motor imagery (MI)-based BCI training.
  • To examine the effects of eye-contact and hand-touch social interactions on neural activity and BCI performance.
  • To compare the influence of social interaction on BCI training between pairs of friends and strangers.

Main Methods:

  • Electroencephalography (EEG) hyperscanning was used to record brain activity from pairs of participants.
  • Event-related desynchronization (ERD) and interbrain functional connectivity were analyzed.
  • BCI classification performance was compared across conditions with and without social interaction (eye contact, hand touch).

Main Results:

  • Friends exhibited increased cortical activation (ERD) and interbrain coupling under social interaction conditions.
  • BCI decoding accuracy significantly improved with eye contact and combined eye-hand contact compared to no interaction.
  • Strangers did not show similar improvements in cortical activation or BCI performance during social interaction.

Conclusions:

  • Social interaction, particularly between familiar partners, enhances neural synchronization and brain-to-brain coupling.
  • These social factors can significantly improve motor imagery-based BCI performance.
  • The findings suggest a novel approach to optimize BCI systems by incorporating social interaction dynamics.