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Imaging Real-Time Tactile Interaction With Two-Person Dual-Coil fMRI

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Renvall, Ville, Kauramäki, Jaakko, Malinen, Sanna, Hari, Riitta, Nummenmaa, Lauri·2020·Frontiers in Psychiatry
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00279PMC PMC7198901

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Studies of brain mechanisms supporting social interaction are demanding because real interaction only occurs when persons are in contact. Instead, most brain imaging studies scan subjects individually. Here we present a proof-of-concept demonstration of two-person blood oxygenation dependent (BOLD) imaging of brain activity from two individuals interacting inside the bore of a single MRI scanner. We developed a custom 16-channel (8 + 8 channels) two-helmet coil with two separate receiver-coil pairs providing whole-brain coverage, while bringing participants into a shared physical space and realistic face-to-face contact. Ten subject pairs were scanned with the setup. During the experiment, subjects took turns in tapping each other's lip versus observing and feeling the taps timed by auditory instructions. Networks of sensorimotor brain areas were engaged alternatingly in the subjects during executing motor actions as well as observing and feeling them; these responses were clearly distinguishable from the auditory responses occurring similarly in both participants. Even though the signal-to-noise ratio of our coil system was compromised compared with standard 32-channel head coils, our results show that the two-person fMRI scanning is feasible for studying the brain basis of social interaction.

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Authors
Renvall, V., Kauramäki, J., Malinen, S., Hari, R., & Nummenmaa, L.
Affiliations
  • Aalto University (FI)
  • University of Turku (FI)
Corresponding author
Nummenmaa, Lauri
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Venue
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2020-04-28
Volume
11
Pages
279-279
ISSN
1664-0640 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00279
PMC
PMC7198901
OpenAlex
W3012788753
Cited by
19
References
63
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  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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  • UTUPub (University of Turku) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • Academy of Finland (265917, #313000, #218072)
  • Aalto-Yliopisto (265917)
  • Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
  • Svenska Kulturfonden
  • Instrumentariumin Tiedesäätiö
  • FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (232946)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords
social interaction, touch interaction, BOLD imaging, sensorimotor network, motor action, shared physical space, signal-to-noise ratio

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