Happy Stories Synch Brain Activity More Than Sad Stories
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Happy Stories Synch Brain Activity More Than Sad Stories
Summary: Sharing
happy, positive stories increases feelings of closeness and brain
synchrony between narrator and listener more than sharing sad stories, a
new study reports.
Source: SfN
Successful storytelling can synchronize brain activity between the speaker and listener, but not all stories are created equal.
Sharing
happy stories increases feelings of closeness and brain synchrony more
than sad stories, according to new research published in eNeuro.
Researchers from East China Normal University compared how emotional stories impact interpersonal connection and communication.
In
the study, one participant—the speaker—watched happy, sad, and neutral
videos and recorded themselves explaining the contents of the videos.
Participants—the
listeners—listened to the narration and rated how close they felt to
the speaker afterward. Both the speaker and the listeners completed
their tasks while researchers measured their brain activity with EEG.
Sharing happy stories produced better recall in the listeners, as well as higher ratings of interpersonal closeness.
The
increased closeness was linked to increased synchrony between the brain
activity of the speaker and listener, particularly in the frontal and
left temporoparietal cortices.
These
regions are involved in emotional processing and theory of mind,
respectively. Brain synchrony could become a measure of successful
connection and communication.
About this social neuroscience research news
Author: Press Office
Source: SfN
Contact: Press Office – SfN
Image: The image is in the public domain
Original Research: Closed access.
“Sharing Happy Stories Increases Interpersonal Closeness: Interpersonal Brain Synchronization as a Neural Indicator” by Enhui Xie, Qing Yin, Keshuang Li, Samuel A. Nastase, Ruqian Zhang, Ning Wang and Xianchun Li. eNeuro
“Sharing Happy Stories Increases Interpersonal Closeness: Interpersonal Brain Synchronization as a Neural Indicator” by Enhui Xie, Qing Yin, Keshuang Li, Samuel A. Nastase, Ruqian Zhang, Ning Wang and Xianchun Li. eNeuro
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