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Front Psychol. 2015 Jun 11;6:799. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00799. eCollection 2015.

The juggling paradigm: a novel social neuroscience approach to identify neuropsychophysiological markers of team mental models.

Frontiers in psychology

Edson Filho, Maurizio Bertollo, Claudio Robazza, Silvia Comani

Affiliations

  1. School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire , Preston, UK ; Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara , Chieti, Italy.
  2. Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara , Chieti, Italy ; Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara , Chieti, Italy.
  3. Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara , Chieti, Italy ; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara , Chieti, Italy.

PMID: 26113837 PMCID: PMC4462642 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00799

Abstract

Since the discovery of the mirror neuron system in the 1980s, little, if any, research has been devoted to the study of interactive motor tasks (Goldman, 2012). Scientists interested in the neuropsychophysiological markers of joint motor action have relied on observation paradigms and passive tasks rather than dynamic paradigms and interactive tasks (Konvalinka and Roepstorff, 2012). Within this research scenario, we introduce a novel research paradigm that uses cooperative juggling as a platform to capture peripheral (e.g., skin conductance, breathing and heart rates, electromyographic signals) and central neuropsychophysiological (e.g., functional connectivity within and between brains) markers underlying the notion of team mental models (TMM). We discuss the epistemological and theoretical grounds of a cooperative juggling paradigm, and propose testable hypotheses on neuropsychophysiological markers underlying TMM. Furthermore, we present key methodological concerns that may influence peripheral responses as well as single and hyperbrain network configurations during joint motor action. Preliminary findings of the paradigm are highlighted. We conclude by delineating avenues for future research.

Keywords: complementary mental models; hyperbrains; juggling; neuropsychophysiology; shared mental models; social neuroscience; team mental models

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