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. 2021 Feb 25:15:651949.
doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.651949. eCollection 2021.

How Can We Prove the Causality of Interbrain Synchronization?

Hila Z Gvirts Provolovski  1 , Rotem Perlmutter  1
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How Can We Prove the Causality of Interbrain Synchronization?

Hila Z Gvirts Provolovski et al. Front Hum Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: hyperscanning; interbrain synchronization; multibrain stimulation; neurofeedback; social alignment.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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A brain-to-brain neurofeedback system under ecological settings. A schematic proposal of utilizing online hyperscanning during naturalistic interactions to measure the level of IBS (interbrain synchrony) between the participants. Participants then receive ongoing feedback regarding their IBS levels, and are encouraged, and thus trained, to increase them. The interaction itself is viewed and its social and individual aspects are measured, in order to determine causality, i.e., whether increasing IBS consequently increases different social measures, such as alignment and cooperation, shared intentionality, and social connectedness.
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