When Dogs and Humans Connect, So Do Their Brainwaves - Neuroscience News
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When Dogs and Humans Connect, So Do Their Brainwaves - Neuroscience News
In addition, the study found that the whole group synchronises its brain states when engaged in communication. Their neurons spiked and oscillated in similar ways, bringing their brains quite literally onto the same ‘wavelength’. And if the bats were ‘friendly’, having spent significant time together, their brains synchronised even more strongly – ... See more
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
Without synchrony and the deeper forms of connection that lie beyond it, we may be at greater risk for mental instability and poor physical health. With synchrony and other levels of neural interaction, humans teach and learn, forge friendships and romances, and cooperate and converse. We are driven to connect, and synchrony is one way our brains h
... See moreIn a pivotal study from 2010, Guillaume Dumas, assistant professor of computational psychiatry at the University of Montreal, showed that the brains of human participants mirrored each other on a neurological level when engaging in activities together, such as making funny, meaningless gestures with their hands while watching each other.
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
This work has widened into other contexts. Uri Hasson, a researcher at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, has shown that a good storyteller can induce synchronisation between her and her listener’s brains (if there’s shared common ground, experiences and beliefs); and, in a classroom setting, how well a student’s brain waves sync up with their p... See more
Sofia Quaglia • How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another
Most dogs will turn away from a stare if it goes on too long. But, unlike wolves, they seem to want to inspect our faces.