Although the influence of social support in health is a widely acknowledged factor, there is a
significant gap in the understanding of its role on cognition. The purpose of this systematic …

A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language
that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and …

Present day neuroscience places the brain at the centre of study. But what if researchers
viewed the brain not as the foundation of life, rather as a mediating organ? Ecology of the …

Social interactions between parents and children are closely linked with children's
development, and interbrain synchrony has been shown to be a neural marker of social …

This report is the second part of a comprehensive two-part series aimed at reviewing an
extensive and diverse toolkit of novel methods to explore brain health and function. While …

Several authors have made claims about the compatibility between the Free Energy
Principle (FEP) and theories of autopoiesis and enaction. Many see these theories as …

Electroencephalographic hyperscanning was used to investigate interbrain synchronization
patterns in dyads of participants interacting through speech. Results show that brain …

Human eye-to-eye contact is a primary source of social cues and communication. In spite of
the biological significance of this interpersonal interaction, the underlying neural processes …

How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds?
In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes the cognitive processes involved in …

Caregiver touch plays a vital role in infants' growth and development, but its role as a
communicative signal in human parent-infant interactions is surprisingly poorly understood …