Joint control of visually guided actions involves concordant increases in behavioural and neural coupling.

ABSTRACT: It is often necessary for individuals to coordinate their actions with others. In the real world, joint actions rely on the direct observation of co-actors and rhythmic cues. But how are joint actions coordinated when such cues are unavailable? To address this question, we recorded brain activity while pairs of participants guided a cursor to a target either individually (solo control) or together with a partner (joint control) from whom they were physically and visibly separated. Behavioural patterns revealed that joint action involved real-time coordination between co-actors and improved accuracy for the lower performing co-actor. Concurrent neural recordings and eye tracking revealed that joint control affected cognitive processing across multiple stages. Joint control involved increase

SUBMITTER: Painter DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242020 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature