Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft; Ioanna Zioga; Anastasios Giannopoulos; Gabriele Di Bona; Nicola Binetti; Andrea Civilini; Vito Latora; Isabelle Mareschal

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03352-6

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft,
Ioanna Zioga,
Anastasios Giannopoulos,
Gabriele Di Bona,
Nicola Binetti,
Andrea Civilini,
Vito Latora,
Isabelle Mareschal

Affiliations

Caroline Di Bernardi Luft: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
Ioanna Zioga: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
Anastasios Giannopoulos: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Gabriele Di Bona: School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Nicola Binetti: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
Andrea Civilini: School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Vito Latora: School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Isabelle Mareschal: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03352-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Friends making eye-contact have higher inter-brain synchronization than strangers. Eye-contact affects neural synchronization between brains more than within a brain, highlighting that eye-contact is an inherently social signal.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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