Paula Wicher

💜 Dyads' heart rates were strongly coupled both in the moment and across successive trials, independent of motor or choice mimicry.

💡 Instructed mimicry alone seems insufficient to modulate cardiac coupling in minimal, structured interactions. Physiological synchrony may instead reflect shared task demands and reciprocal engagement inherent in the joint task. @antoniahamilton.bsky.social

🚨 Preprint alert 🚨

"Heart rate synchrony in minimal social interactions in relation to mimicry" 🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...

🔬 We tested whether two distinct forms of mimicry: motor mimicry (copying actions) and choice mimicry (copying choices) can modulate heart rate synchrony.

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Paula Wicher, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, et al:

How choice and motor mimicry affect affiliation: An fNIRS study

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Delighted to attend #ebbs2025 and share new work from @saradefelice.bsky.social and @paulawicher.bsky.social

On 24th June, we are hosting a 1 day event on Social Connections at UCL - come along to hear the latest research on wearable sensors and friendship and measuring social interaction. Please share widely
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

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Neural mechanisms underlying the interactive exchange of facial emotional expressions Abstract. Facial emotional expressions are crucial in face-to-face social interactions, and recent findings have highlighted their interactive nature. Howe

Excited to share our new paper on "neural mechanisms underlying the interactive exchange of facial expressions"

We used both EMG and EEG to study whether "sending" an emotional expression influences "receiving"

doi.org/10.1093/scan...

#SocialInteraction #EEG #psychscisky #neuroskyence

Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time? Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explores the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time,...

My TEDx talk (9min) has found its home on TED's official website: go.ted.com/irenaarslanova 🧠🫀⏳

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#Neuroskyence
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Know of any colleagues/pals not yet in an #fNIRS starter pack who should be? 🧠 💡

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Hi Emily, could you please add me as well? Just joined bluesky😊

A starter pack for people interested in inter-brain synchrony and simultaneous brain recording of all kind!

Check if you're on it and, if not, let me know!

#hyperscanning #dualeeg

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🚨New preprint 🚨

What are the neural systems of being mimicked? Do choice and motor mimicry have similar effects? And finally, where the social glue might be located in the brain?

osf.io/preprints/ps...