title: Interactive brains, social minds.
abstract: To reveal the neural and behavioral dynamics of social interaction, single-person studies are increasingly complemented by research designs that simultaneously assess two or more interacting individuals. In this article, we review studies on neural mechanisms and markers of social interactions that use multi-person functional magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiological recordings. We propose a terminology for investigating social interaction dynamics, show how forward models of action regulation may serve as a framework for investigating interpersonal action coordination and discuss different methodological approaches to studying functional brain connectivity.
authors.affiliation: Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sänger
authors.forename: Ulman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lindenberger
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Müller