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EEG correlates of social interaction at distance
This study investigated EEG correlates of social interaction at distance between twenty-five pairs of participants who were not connected by any traditional channels of communication. Each session involved the application of 128 stimulations separated by intervals of random duration ranging from 4 t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4770988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966513 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6755.3 |
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author | Giroldini, William Pederzoli, Luciano Bilucaglia, Marco Caini, Patrizio Ferrini, Alessandro Melloni, Simone Prati, Elena Tressoldi, Patrizio |
author_facet | Giroldini, William Pederzoli, Luciano Bilucaglia, Marco Caini, Patrizio Ferrini, Alessandro Melloni, Simone Prati, Elena Tressoldi, Patrizio |
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description | This study investigated EEG correlates of social interaction at distance between twenty-five pairs of participants who were not connected by any traditional channels of communication. Each session involved the application of 128 stimulations separated by intervals of random duration ranging from 4 to 6 seconds. One of the pair received a one-second stimulation from a light signal produced by an arrangement of red LEDs, and a simultaneous 500 Hz sinusoidal audio signal of the same length. The other member of the pair sat in an isolated sound-proof room, such that any sensory interaction between the pair was impossible. An analysis of the Event-Related Potentials associated with sensory stimulation using traditional averaging methods showed a distinct peak at approximately 300 ms, but only in the EEG activity of subjects who were directly stimulated. However, when a new algorithm was applied to the EEG activity based on the correlation between signals from all active electrodes, a weak but robust response was also detected in the EEG activity of the passive member of the pair, particularly within 9 – 10 Hz in the Alpha range. Using the Bootstrap method and the Monte Carlo emulation, this signal was found to be statistically significant. |
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spelling | pubmed-47709882016-03-09 EEG correlates of social interaction at distance Giroldini, William Pederzoli, Luciano Bilucaglia, Marco Caini, Patrizio Ferrini, Alessandro Melloni, Simone Prati, Elena Tressoldi, Patrizio F1000Res Research Article This study investigated EEG correlates of social interaction at distance between twenty-five pairs of participants who were not connected by any traditional channels of communication. Each session involved the application of 128 stimulations separated by intervals of random duration ranging from 4 to 6 seconds. One of the pair received a one-second stimulation from a light signal produced by an arrangement of red LEDs, and a simultaneous 500 Hz sinusoidal audio signal of the same length. The other member of the pair sat in an isolated sound-proof room, such that any sensory interaction between the pair was impossible. An analysis of the Event-Related Potentials associated with sensory stimulation using traditional averaging methods showed a distinct peak at approximately 300 ms, but only in the EEG activity of subjects who were directly stimulated. However, when a new algorithm was applied to the EEG activity based on the correlation between signals from all active electrodes, a weak but robust response was also detected in the EEG activity of the passive member of the pair, particularly within 9 – 10 Hz in the Alpha range. Using the Bootstrap method and the Monte Carlo emulation, this signal was found to be statistically significant. F1000Research 2016-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4770988/ /pubmed/26966513 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6755.3 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Giroldini W et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Giroldini, William Pederzoli, Luciano Bilucaglia, Marco Caini, Patrizio Ferrini, Alessandro Melloni, Simone Prati, Elena Tressoldi, Patrizio EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title | EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title_full | EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title_fullStr | EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title_full_unstemmed | EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title_short | EEG correlates of social interaction at distance |
title_sort | eeg correlates of social interaction at distance |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4770988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966513 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6755.3 |
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