Close Relationships Facilitate Efficient Performance of Social Goals

BrainPost, 12 December 2020

Humans are inherently social creatures with complex social skills. Neuroscientific models hypothesize that our brain has undergone substantial changes as we have evolved to become more social. The extent to which social behaviors are embedded in the human brain suggests that the brain operates by responding to natural and dynamic social exchanges to a greater degree than static or non-social stimuli. Consequently, social neuroscience research is focusing more on how brains synchronize during naturalistic social moments to achieve specific goals. Specifically, modern research utilizes hyperscanning, a method where data is collected simultaneously from two or more brains to measure synchronous activity. Read more.