Trait mindful awareness predicts inter-brain coupling but not individual brain responses during naturalistic face-to-face interactions.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, the possible benefits of mindfulness meditation have sparked much public and academic interest. Mindfulness emphasizes cultivating awareness of our immediate experience and has been associated with compassion, empathy, and various other prosocial traits. However, neurobiological evidence pertaining to the prosocial benefits of mindfulness in social settings is sparse. In this study, we investigate neural correlates of trait mindful awareness during naturalistic dyadic interactions, using both intra-brain and inter-brain measures. We used the Muse headset, a portable electroencephalogram (EEG) device often used to support mindfulness meditation, to record brain activity from dyads as they engaged in naturalistic face-to-face interactions in a museum setting. While we did no

SUBMITTER: Chen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9561904 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature