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Boukarras S, Ferri D, Frisanco A, Farnese ML, Consiglio C, Alvino I, Bianchi F, D’Acunto A, Borgogni L, Aglioti SM. Bringing social interaction at the core of organizational neuroscience. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1034454. [PMID: 36467198 PMCID: PMC9714489 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1034454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Organizations are composed of individuals working together for achieving specific goals, and interpersonal dynamics do exert a strong influence on workplace behaviour. Nevertheless, the dual and multiple perspective of interactions has been scarcely considered by Organizational Neuroscience (ON), the emerging field of study that aims at incorporating findings from cognitive and brain sciences into the investigation of organizational behaviour. This perspective article aims to highlight the potential benefits of adopting experimental settings involving two or more participants (the so-called "second person" approach) for studying the neural bases of organizational behaviour. Specifically, we stress the idea that moving beyond the individual perspective and capturing the dynamical relationships occurring within dyads or groups (e.g., leaders and followers, salespersons and clients, teams) might bring novel insights into the rising field of ON. In addition, designing research paradigms that reliably recreate real work and life situations might increase the generalizability and ecological validity of its results. We start with a brief overview of the current state of ON research and we continue by describing the second-person approach to social neuroscience. In the last paragraph, we try and outline how this approach could be extended to ON. To this end, we focus on leadership, group processes and emotional contagion as potential targets of interpersonal ON research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Boukarras
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- EY, Rome, Italy
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Sapienza University of Rome and CLNS@Sapienza, Italian Institute of Technology, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Legal Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- EY, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Sapienza University of Rome and CLNS@Sapienza, Italian Institute of Technology, Rome, Italy
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Hsu CT, Sato W, Kochiyama T, Nakai R, Asano K, Abe N, Yoshikawa S. Enhanced Mirror Neuron Network Activity and Effective Connectivity during Live Interaction Among Female Subjects. Neuroimage 2022; 263:119655. [PMID: 36182055 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Facial expressions are indispensable in daily human communication. Previous neuroimaging studies investigating facial expression processing have presented pre-recorded stimuli and lacked live face-to-face interaction. Our paradigm alternated between presentations of real-time model performance and pre-recorded videos of dynamic facial expressions to participants. Simultaneous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and facial electromyography activity recordings, as well as post-scan valence and arousal ratings were acquired from 44 female participants. Live facial expressions enhanced the subjective valence and arousal ratings as well as facial muscular responses. Live performances showed greater engagement of the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS), right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), right amygdala and right fusiform gyrus, and modulated the effective connectivity within the right mirror neuron system (IFG, pSTS, and right inferior parietal lobule). A support vector machine algorithm could classify multivoxel activation patterns in brain regions involved in dynamic facial expression processing in the mentalizing networks (anterior and posterior cingulate cortex). These results indicate that live social interaction modulates the activity and connectivity of the right mirror neuron system and enhances spontaneous mimicry, further facilitating emotional contagion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chun-Ting Hsu
- Psychological Process Research Team, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan..
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- Psychological Process Research Team, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan..
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- Brain Activity Imaging Center, ATR- Promotions, Inc., 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan
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- Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, 46 Yoshidashimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, 46 Yoshidashimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan; Department of Children Education, Osaka University of Comprehensive Children Education, 6-chome-4-26 Yuzato, Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, 546-0013, Japan
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- Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, 46 Yoshidashimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute of Philosophy and Human Values, Kyoto University of the Arts, 2-116 Uryuyama Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8271, Japan
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