Researchers conducted a study to better understand how synchronized body movements may help with social bonding. In the study, participants sat across from a partner and slowly extended their fingers towards each other while researchers recorded their brain activity and finger movements. The results showed that after cooperative exercises, the participants' finger movements and brain activity became more synchronized, especially in social and sensorimotor regions of the brain. This suggests that synchronized body movements may help lay the foundation for other types of social interactions by increasing brain and body synchronization between individuals.
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Studies, research papers, & other interesting tid bitsBrian Russell
Over the past 2 years I've done a considerable amount of research in the realms of behavioral, cognitive, and social, psychology, as well as product psychology and the psychology of music, and cognitive neuroscience. Many of the studies and research papers I've aggregated have profound business and consumer implications.
A couple of visual impressions could be compared in order to humans’ curiosity for encounters. New research shows that our mind rewards all of us for taking a look at pretty encounters. Chelnokova as well as among the faces of how the participants evaluated. Photo: Svein Harald Milde as well as Guro Løseth.
Researchers Discover How the Human Brain Separates, Stores, and Retrieves Mem...RIKICOURSE
Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred. This finding improves our understanding of how the human brain forms memories and could have implications in memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Mirror Neurons - A Key to Understanding Social Behaviour and CognitionThe Sprouts
Mirror neurons are believed to be involved in a wide range of social and cognitive processes.
Prasad Amore is a qualified and experienced Psychologist with extensive experience in different settings, age ranges, and populations. He is a licensed mental health practitioner who provides his services as the Managing Director of Softmind Wellness Pvt. Ltd. in Kerala.
www.prasadamore.com
We attempted to combine the research areas of joint action and implicit learning to provide an explanation for the underlying mechanisms of mirror neurons in joint tasks. Therefore, a shared SRT task in a joint condition was conducted. Joint effects in implicit learning or processing speed were not found. A shared task representation could lead to confusion of competence, a phenomenon explained by ideomotor theory.
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Running Head: Slow Wave Sleep 1
Psychology 2
Slow wave sleep
Analyzing the effects of slow wave sleep on memory
Victor Chiumia
PSY 326
Instructor Jessica Wyman
November 23rd , 2015
The tittle of the study is “Sleep, Memory, and Aging: The Link between Slow-Wave Sleep and Episodic Memory Changes from Younger to Older Adults” written by Michael K. Scullin. It aims to uncover the relationship between slow wave sleep and the ability of humans to retain memory. Slow wave sleep is the deep sleep that occurs during non-rapid eye movement. It is called slow wave sleep because at this stage of slumber, the brain electrical activity is synchronized with slow waves of low frequency. Previous research has proven that slow wave sleep is crucial to the retaining of memory but until now, the dynamics of this relationship was not clear(Scullin, 2013).
In conducting the research, the researcher is trying to determine the correlation between slow wave sleep, memory retention, and aging. The author of the research aims to link together these three seemingly distinct variables and create a conceptual theory that explains how aging memory and deep sleep are related. The researcher asks a series of questions that help to guide the research process. These questions are, is there a correlation between short weave sleep in humans and memory consolidation? If so how significant is this relationship, is short wave sleep crucial to the memory consolidation process? The researchers then measure the amount of short wave sleep that young and old adults get. They compare this information with the increasing reduction in the ability to retain memory, as adults grow older and attempt to make a connection to the lesser amounts of short wave sleep that older adults get(Scullin, 2013).
Qualitative research is exploratory research conducted to gain an understanding of the underlying reasons of a problem. Qualitative research aims to provide a detailed description of the research process. Qualitative research is usually conducted a precursor to quantitative research.
Quantitative data aims to quantify the problem by generating numerical data. This data is then converted to useful statistics. Quantitative research is used to quantify behaviors, opinions, attitudes among numerous other variables. The mandate of quantitative research is to provide a clearer picture using statistical methods. A quantitative researcher uses tool such as surveys, questionnaires, and measurements.
The research conducted by Michael K. Scullin is quantitative in nature. In his research, he aims to uncover the relationship between slow wave sleep and memory by measuring sleep patterns and memory retention abilities of adults. Among the measurement taken are, time spent sleeping, age and ability to recall memory. In order to test the ability to recall memory the participants were given word pair combination to memorize before sleep. They were quizzed on th.
MIRROR, MIRROR, IN MY MIND: AN ETHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SHAPING STUDENT BEHAVIORIJCI JOURNAL
This paper introduces an ethology for understanding student behavior and creating interventions to shape
positive social, emotional, and academic performance. Rooted in the principles of applied behavior
analysis and learning theories, the author suggests a proactive perspective to observing and shaping
student behaviors in a post-pandemic era and provides one tool for flipping and reframing a student’s
mindset to promote constructive thinking and positive social behaviors.
Studies, research papers, & other interesting tid bitsBrian Russell
Over the past 2 years I've done a considerable amount of research in the realms of behavioral, cognitive, and social, psychology, as well as product psychology and the psychology of music, and cognitive neuroscience. Many of the studies and research papers I've aggregated have profound business and consumer implications.
A couple of visual impressions could be compared in order to humans’ curiosity for encounters. New research shows that our mind rewards all of us for taking a look at pretty encounters. Chelnokova as well as among the faces of how the participants evaluated. Photo: Svein Harald Milde as well as Guro Løseth.
Researchers Discover How the Human Brain Separates, Stores, and Retrieves Mem...RIKICOURSE
Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred. This finding improves our understanding of how the human brain forms memories and could have implications in memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Mirror Neurons - A Key to Understanding Social Behaviour and CognitionThe Sprouts
Mirror neurons are believed to be involved in a wide range of social and cognitive processes.
Prasad Amore is a qualified and experienced Psychologist with extensive experience in different settings, age ranges, and populations. He is a licensed mental health practitioner who provides his services as the Managing Director of Softmind Wellness Pvt. Ltd. in Kerala.
www.prasadamore.com
We attempted to combine the research areas of joint action and implicit learning to provide an explanation for the underlying mechanisms of mirror neurons in joint tasks. Therefore, a shared SRT task in a joint condition was conducted. Joint effects in implicit learning or processing speed were not found. A shared task representation could lead to confusion of competence, a phenomenon explained by ideomotor theory.
Running Head Slow Wave Sleep1Psychology 2Slo.docxagnesdcarey33086
Running Head: Slow Wave Sleep 1
Psychology 2
Slow wave sleep
Analyzing the effects of slow wave sleep on memory
Victor Chiumia
PSY 326
Instructor Jessica Wyman
November 23rd , 2015
The tittle of the study is “Sleep, Memory, and Aging: The Link between Slow-Wave Sleep and Episodic Memory Changes from Younger to Older Adults” written by Michael K. Scullin. It aims to uncover the relationship between slow wave sleep and the ability of humans to retain memory. Slow wave sleep is the deep sleep that occurs during non-rapid eye movement. It is called slow wave sleep because at this stage of slumber, the brain electrical activity is synchronized with slow waves of low frequency. Previous research has proven that slow wave sleep is crucial to the retaining of memory but until now, the dynamics of this relationship was not clear(Scullin, 2013).
In conducting the research, the researcher is trying to determine the correlation between slow wave sleep, memory retention, and aging. The author of the research aims to link together these three seemingly distinct variables and create a conceptual theory that explains how aging memory and deep sleep are related. The researcher asks a series of questions that help to guide the research process. These questions are, is there a correlation between short weave sleep in humans and memory consolidation? If so how significant is this relationship, is short wave sleep crucial to the memory consolidation process? The researchers then measure the amount of short wave sleep that young and old adults get. They compare this information with the increasing reduction in the ability to retain memory, as adults grow older and attempt to make a connection to the lesser amounts of short wave sleep that older adults get(Scullin, 2013).
Qualitative research is exploratory research conducted to gain an understanding of the underlying reasons of a problem. Qualitative research aims to provide a detailed description of the research process. Qualitative research is usually conducted a precursor to quantitative research.
Quantitative data aims to quantify the problem by generating numerical data. This data is then converted to useful statistics. Quantitative research is used to quantify behaviors, opinions, attitudes among numerous other variables. The mandate of quantitative research is to provide a clearer picture using statistical methods. A quantitative researcher uses tool such as surveys, questionnaires, and measurements.
The research conducted by Michael K. Scullin is quantitative in nature. In his research, he aims to uncover the relationship between slow wave sleep and memory by measuring sleep patterns and memory retention abilities of adults. Among the measurement taken are, time spent sleeping, age and ability to recall memory. In order to test the ability to recall memory the participants were given word pair combination to memorize before sleep. They were quizzed on th.
MIRROR, MIRROR, IN MY MIND: AN ETHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SHAPING STUDENT BEHAVIORIJCI JOURNAL
This paper introduces an ethology for understanding student behavior and creating interventions to shape
positive social, emotional, and academic performance. Rooted in the principles of applied behavior
analysis and learning theories, the author suggests a proactive perspective to observing and shaping
student behaviors in a post-pandemic era and provides one tool for flipping and reframing a student’s
mindset to promote constructive thinking and positive social behaviors.
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Researchers Say Synchronized Body Movements May Help In Human Social Bonding - Redorbit
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Researchers Say Synchronized Body Movements May
Help In Human Social Bonding
December 15, 2012
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Univers e Online
Researchers have long observed that humans tend to synchronize their body movements
with each other without consciously thinking about it. This commonly happens when
you’re walking with a friend and you suddenly find that your footsteps are in sync, or when
the applause of a large audience seems to miraculously fall into rhythm. The mechanisms
behind this phenomenon and its significance for social interaction, however, have largely
remained a mystery.
A new study led by neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) now
seeks to peek behind the cognitive curtain to get a glimpse of what’s happening in the
brain when humans spontaneously synchronize their movements. Results of their
research suggest that a person’s ability to synchronize their movements with those of
other people may be a measurable indicator of social interaction.
“Our findings may provide a powerful tool for identifying the neural underpinnings of both
normal social interactions and impaired social interactions, such as the deficits that are
often associated with autism,” explained Shinsuke Shimojo, lead author of the study and
the Gertrude Baltimore Professor of Experimental Psychology at Caltech.
Together with fellow researchers Kyongsik Yun and Katsumi Watanabe, an associate
professor at the University of Tokyo, the team recently published their work in the
December 11 issue of the online journal Scientific Reports, part of the Nature Publishing
Group.
For their research, the team wanted to test the idea that synchronized body movement
can serve as a foundation for other types of social interaction. In order to do this, they
designed a novel task where pairs of participants were asked to sit across from each
other, point their index finger at one another, and slowly extend their arms outward until
their fingertips touched. They were also told to keep their eyes open during the task and
to keep their fingers as still as possible.
While the participants were performing the experiment, the scientists recorded the
electrical activity in their brains using an electroencephalogram (EEG). They also used a
motion-capture system to track the location of their fingers in space while they completed
the tasks.
The test subjects were asked to perform the task a total of eight times. The first two
rounds were called ‘pre-training sessions,’ the last two were called ‘post-training training
sessions,’ and the four in between were called ‘cooperative training sessions.’
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For the cooperative training sessions, the scientists selected one person at random to
act as the leader. This participant was asked to perform a series of large finger
movements and the others were told to follow these movements with their own fingers.
When the team analyzed the data recorded by motion-sensor, they found that the
subjects’ finger movements were significantly more synchronized during the post-training
sessions compared to the pre-training sessions. Similarly, the EEG readings also showed
a higher level synchronicity between the individual subjects’ brains during the post-training
exercises, especially in regions of the brain related to social and sensorimotor activity.
However, these social and sensorimotor regions were not more synchronized within each
individual’s brain, but only between the brains of the different participants.
The researchers say that their experiment provided a simple yet novel way to allow
participants to interact on the subconscious level while minimizing movements that could
otherwise distort the recording of their neural activity.
“The most striking outcome of our study is that not only the body-body synchrony but
also the brain-brain synchrony between the two participants increased after a short period
of social interaction,” explained Yun.
“This may open new vistas to study the brain-brain interface. It appears that when a
cooperative relationship exists, two brains form a loose dynamic system.”
The researchers went on to note that their study could eventually prove to be a useful
tool for people looking to find compatible partners for romantic or even business
relationships.
“Because we can quantify implicit social bonding between two people using our
experimental paradigm, we may be able to suggest a more socially compatible partnership
in order to maximize matchmaking success rates, by preexamining body synchrony and
its increase during a short cooperative session” explains Yun.
The researchers also supplemented their experiment with a survey asking the participants
to rank themselves for various social personality traits. They then compared the results of
the questionnaires to each individual’s experimental results and found that there were a
number of interesting correlations. For instance, the team noted that participants who
said that they suffered from social anxiety also demonstrated the smallest improvement in
synchronizing their body movements with others during the post-training phase.
The team says that the next phase of their research will probably focus on finding out
whether more complex social interactions – such as completing group projects or games
– also causes an increase in the synchronicity of body movements. This, they believe, will
help them get closer to understanding the exact mechanism behind synchronized body
movement and social cohesion.
“We may also apply our experimental protocol to better understand the nature and the
neural correlates of social impairment in disorders where social deficits are a common
symptom, as in schizophrenia or autism,” says Shimojo.
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