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Brains that fire together wire together: Interbrain plasticity underlies interaction-based learning

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Mejora del aprendizaje a nivel interencefálico

Pese a que las interacciones sociales determinan de manera significativa el aprendizaje, el campo de la neuroplasticidad no tiene en cuenta este elemento, sino que está profundamente centrado en estudiar los cambios que se producen en las sinapsis, las estructuras encefálicas y las redes existentes dentro de cada encéfalo. Sin embargo, el proyecto financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación INTERPLASTIC propondrá un nuevo enfoque que sintetice hallazgos dispares sobre la neuroplasticidad de la red y los mecanismos de las interacciones sociales. Evaluará si se puede explicar el efecto facilitador de las interacciones sociales sobre el aprendizaje mediante la plasticidad interencefálica (cambios a corto y largo plazo dependientes de la experiencia en el acoplamiento interencefálico).

Objetivo

Traditionally, brain plasticity was viewed as a change occurring in synapses, brain structures and functional networks, within an individual brain. Considering that social interactions play a major role in the acquisitions of skills and knowledge, I suggest a new approach for understanding interaction-based learning that focuses on inter-brain plasticity. The term coined here, inter-brain plasticity, will be defined as the short and long-term experience-dependent changes in brain-to-brain coupling. I argue that inter-brain plasticity in the observation-execution system develops over the course of interaction-based learning to facilitate information exchange between partners and thus learning. The proposed study aims at introducing a new theory on how inter-brain networks reorganize following training in interaction-based learning. It has three objectives: 1) To develop a model of inter-brain plasticity during learning (short-term), following training (long-term) and generalization between/within interaction partners; 2) To develop a novel dyadic-neurofeedback technology that allows drawing causal inferences between inter-brain plasticity and learning; 3) To test whether diminished inter-brain plasticity in Autism Spectrum Disorders may be reversed following training with the new dyadic neurofeedback. To address these questions, I will take advantage of the high temporal resolution of state-of-the-art dual-functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) setup and examine how intra- and inter-brain networks reconfigure during learning of various skills, ranging from motor learning to language acquisition. The proposed experiments will lay the foundation for a new field of research focusing on the dynamics of inter-brain networks. The inter-brain plasticity approach will radically change how we view neuroplasticity. It will allow for the first time probing the long-term changes in the reconfiguration of inter-brain networks.

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ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant

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(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) ERC-2020-ADG

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Institución de acogida

UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 2 597 700,00
Coste total
€ 2 597 700,00

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