Another Day, Another Module

Another Day, Another Module
Researchers are still connecting the dots between performance in psychological studies and brain activity.  In this study, they found a pattern (call that a module) of brain activity associated with interactions between a pair of subjects.  
“The study, led by Dr. Read Montague, professor of neuroscience at [Baylor College of Medicine] and director of its Brown Human Neuroimaging Laboratory, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor brain activity in pairs of subjects during a social exchange game. The study made use of a new approach to studying social interactions, called hyperscanning, where two interacting brains are monitored simultaneously.”
Research like this may prove useful in understanding various behavior disorders that involve social interactions.   I like to think of the research as showing a physiological basis for such Thinkerer devices as the head team.  In the long run, researchers will do fMRI studies on people while they carry out introspective tasks like mulling things over with the head team.