@article{341,
  author = {Uri Hasson and Asif Ghazanfar and Bruno Galantucci and Simon Garrod and Christian Keyers},
  title = {Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world},
  abstract = {<p>Cognition materializes in an interpersonal space. The emergence of complex behaviors requires the coordination of actions among individuals according to a shared set of rules. Despite the central role of other individuals in shaping one{\textquoteright}s mind, most cognitive studies focus on processes that occur within a single individual. We call for a shift from a single-brain to a multi-brain frame of reference. We argue that in many cases the neural processes in one brain are coupled to the neural processes in another brain via the transmission of a signal through the environment. Brain-to-brain coupling constrains and shapes the actions of each individual in a social network, leading to complex joint behaviors that could not have emerged in isolation.</p>
},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  volume = {16},
  pages = {114-121},
  doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2011.12.007},
}