BookNobuyuki Inui.
Summary: This book explores the fascinating area of interpersonal coordination in force production tasks, outlining the author's extensive research to date and presenting stimulating new perspectives. The purpose is to provide a detailed exposition of current understanding of the science behind interpersonal joint action. Readers will find clear explanation of concepts from social cognition and neuroscience that are key to an understanding of the field, including the social brain hypothesis, the mirror neuron system, and joint action, as well as other relevant background information. The author then proceeds to present an overview of recent original studies on interpersonal movement coordination performed at his laboratory in Japan. These studies provide insights into such issues as complementary and synchronous force production in joint action, bidirectional transfer between joint and solo actions, and motor control hierarchy in joint action involving bimanual force. They also set the direction for integration of knowledge of physical properties and social cognition. The book will be of interest for researchers and graduate students in all areas of the biomedical sciences.
Contents:
Intro; Preface; References; Acknowledgments; Contents;
Chapter 1: Introduction; References;
Chapter 2: The Background of the Study on Interpersonal Coordination; 2.1 The Social Brain; 2.1.1 Dunbar's Social Brain Hypothesis; 2.1.2 Brain Regions Specialized for Social Interaction; 2.1.3 Amygdala; 2.1.4 Temporal Pole; 2.1.5 The Brain's Mirror System; 2.1.6 Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus; 2.1.7 Medial Prefrontal Cortex; 2.2 The Motor Cortex and Its Relation to Social Behavior; 2.3 The Social Function of the Mirror Neuron System; 2.3.1 Mirror Neuron System and Imitation. 2.10.2 Internal Models for Self, Other and Joint Action Outcome2.10.3 Motor Simulation of Self and Other; 2.10.4 Musical Synchronization and Social Interaction; 2.10.5 Neural Mechanism of Synchronizing to Music; References;
Chapter 3: An Overview of the Study on Interpersonal Coordination; 3.1 Unintentional Interpersonal Entrainment; 3.1.1 Applying HKB Model to Human Coordination; 3.1.2 Frequency Detuning; 3.1.3 Unintentional Interpersonal Entrainment; 3.1.4 Interpersonal Synergy Involving Intrapersonal Movements; 3.1.5 Informational and Dynamic Constraints on Entrainment. 2.3.2 Effects of Sensorimotor Experience on the Observation of Others' Actions2.3.3 Applying Sensorimotor Experience to the Classroom; 2.4 Imitation, Mimicry, and Its Relation to Social Behavior; 2.4.1 Imitation and Its Relation to Social Behavior; 2.4.2 Mimicry and Its Relation to Social Behavior; 2.4.3 The Social Neuroscience of Mimicry; 2.4.4 Interaction Between the Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience; 2.5 Joint Perception; 2.5.1 Perception in a Social Context; 2.5.2 Joint Perception; 2.5.3 We Transcend Our Private Worlds by Responding to the Same Stimulus. 2.6 Observational Motor Learning2.6.1 Sensorimotor Adaptation; 2.6.2 Observational Motor Learning; 2.6.3 The Neural Basis of Action Observation; 2.6.4 The Motor System Accompanying Observational Motor Learning; 2.6.5 Sensory Changes Accompanying Observational Motor Learning; 2.7 The Effect of Action Expertise on Shared Representation; 2.7.1 Effects of Expertise on Perception; 2.7.2 Effects of Experimentally Induced Expertise on Perception; 2.8 The Effect of Motor Expertise on Observational Learning in Sports; 2.8.1 Effects of Action Observation on Motor Execution in Sport. 2.8.2 Effects of Motor Expertise on Action Perception in Sport2.8.3 Motor Experts Read Body Kinematics; 2.8.4 Neural Systems Underlying Action Perception in Sport; 2.8.5 Motor Expertise and Detection of Deception; 2.8.6 Neural Bases of Deception Detection in Sport; 2.9 The Effect of Shared Representation on Team Sports; 2.9.1 The Effect of Shared Representation on Decision-Making in Team Ball Games; 2.9.2 Shared Representation of Referees and Officials in Team Ball Games; 2.10 The Effect of Shared Representation on Musical Ensemble Performance; 2.10.1 Self-Other Integration and Segregation.