Conference paper
Brains in Sync: Team Coordination and Interpersonal Prefrontal Neural Synchrony During Cooperative e-Gaming
MP-HFM-334-12
NATO Human Factors & Medicine (HFM) Symposium, HFM-RSY-224 (Rome, Italy, 11 Oct 2021 - 12 Oct 2021)
31 Jan 2022
Abstract
The underlying factors which account for team performance remain a topic of intense study. In successful teaming, information must be communicated quickly and efficiently, while solutions must draw upon the collective knowledge of the team through a process known as team cognition. Enhancing teamwork not only offers a means of boosting productivity, safety and satisfaction, but becomes necessary when high-pressure/high risk situations demand rapid and strategic responses. Increasingly, cooperation in esport gaming has become a representative model of dynamic fast-paced teamwork processes and more generally team cognition. Especially in tightly competitive team esports, the ability of a team to rapidly coordinate and engage in strategic decision-making can be turned into tremendous advantage and allow the team to outmaneuver opponents, even when other skill levels may be otherwise equal. Despite decades of research on the mechanisms of teamwork, it is only recently that non-invasive neuroimaging provided accessible approaches for the study of multiple individuals engaging in realistic teaming scenarios. In this paper, we survey factors underlying successful team performance and ways in which esport games offer a flexible context for studying these factors. Next, we introduce the proposed neurophysiological mechanisms involved in interpersonal interaction and collaboration as well as proposed approaches to measure interpersonal neural synchrony and its relevance to team cognition. Finally, we introduce a hyper-scanning protocol from an ongoing team cognition study and discuss prospective application of team-based neuroimaging approaches in real-world settings.
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- Title
- Brains in Sync: Team Coordination and Interpersonal Prefrontal Neural Synchrony During Cooperative e-Gaming
- Creators
- Adrian B Curtin (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health SystemsJan Watson - Drexel UniversityYigit Topoglu - Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health SystemsNicholas DeFilippisHongjun Ye - Drexel University, MarketingRajneesh Suri - Drexel University, Bennett S. LeBow College of BusinessHasan Ayaz (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Publication Details
- MP-HFM-334-12
- Conference
- NATO Human Factors & Medicine (HFM) Symposium, HFM-RSY-224 (Rome, Italy, 11 Oct 2021 - 12 Oct 2021)
- Number of pages
- 22
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel Solutions Institute; Marketing; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Identifiers
- 991019275313804721