Midfrontal Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Facilitates Motor Coordination in Dyadic Human–Avatar Interactions
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Synchronous interpersonal motor interactions require moment-to-moment prediction and proactive monitoring of the partner's actions. Neurophysiologically, this is highlighted by an enhancement of midfrontal theta (4-7 Hz) oscillations. In this study, we explored the causal role of midfrontal theta for interpersonal motor interactions using transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS). We implemented a realistic human-avatar interaction task in immersive virtual reality where participants controlled a virtual arm and hand to press a button synchronously with a virtual partner. Participants completed the task while receiving EEG-informed theta (Experiment 1) or beta (control frequency, Experiment 2) tACS over the frontal midline, as well as sham stimulation as a control. Results showed that midfrontal theta tACS significantly improved behavioral performance (i.e., reduced interpersonal asynchrony) and participants' motor strategies (i.e., increased movement times and reduced RTs), whereas beta tACS had no effect on these measures. These results suggest that theta tACS over frontal areas facilitates action monitoring and motor abilities supporting interpersonal interactions.
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The joint grasping task requires participants to continuously monitor each other's actions to predict and understand the partner's goal and synchronize the grasping time.
“The joint grasping task requires participants to continuously monitor each other's actions (see Boukarras et al. 2022; Moreau et al. 2020) to predict and understand the partner's goal and synchronize the grasping time.”
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Previous studies found a direct relationship between midfrontal theta oscillations and phasic increases in HRV during meditation tasks.
“Indeed, previous studies found a direct relationship between midfrontal theta oscillations (a neural index of performance monitoring, see Boukarras et al. 2022; Cavanagh and Frank 2014; Moreau et al. 2020) and phasic increases in HRV during meditation tasks (Kubota et al. 2001; Tang et al. 2009).”
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- Authors
- Boukarras, S., Özkan, D. G., Era, V., Moreau, Q., Tieri, G., & Candidi, M.
- Affiliations
- Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
- Unitelma Sapienza University (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Boukarras, Sarah
- Candidi, Matteo
- Venue
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2022-03-31
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 897-915
- ISSN
- 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8898
- OpenAlex
- W4212842882
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 119
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5
- FWCI
- 4.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata, Giovani Ricercatori 2016, protocol number GR-2016-02361008)
- Fondazione Umberto Veronesi (Fellowship)
- Sapienza Università di Roma (Progetti di Ricerca Grandi 2020, RG120172B8343252)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Keywords
- transcranial alternating current stimulation, human-avatar interaction, virtual reality, action monitoring, beta oscillations, motor synchronization, motor control strategies
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Movement, Theta Rhythm, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
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