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  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Psychology

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  • Interpersonal coordination is vital for cooperation.
  • Neural processes dynamically track and minimize self-other movement discrepancies.
  • Understanding these processes is key to explaining coordinated behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the brain tracks self-other synchronization error during joint tasks.
  • To explore the role of the dorsal visual stream in interpersonal coordination.
  • To examine how leadership roles influence neural tracking of synchronization errors.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized electroencephalography (EEG) and movement data from 28 participant pairs.
  • Employed an improvised joint synchronization task.
  • Analyzed EEG-error coherence to assess neural tracking of synchronization discrepancies.

Main Results:

  • The dorsal visual stream plays a key role in dynamically balancing neural tracking of self-other error.
  • Following behavior showed stronger neural tracking (higher EEG-error coherence), indicating greater adaptation needs.
  • Leading behavior exhibited weaker coherence that peaked earlier, suggesting predictive, top-down processing.

Conclusions:

  • Neural tracking of self-other synchronization error is modulated by leadership roles.
  • The dorsal visual stream and predictive motor processes are crucial for effective interpersonal coordination.
  • Findings offer insights into neural mechanisms underlying coordination and related disorders.