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It\u2019s not what you look at that matters, it\u2019s what you see<\/h1>\n

Henry David Thoreau<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is clear that the filters through which we see the world \u2013 our beliefs, our emotions, our knowledge – shape our perception, behavior and interaction with other people.
Our lab is interested in studying mechanisms underlying shared and divergent understanding of real-life situations during real-life interactions.
Specifically, we are interested in Interpersonal Synchrony<\/strong> as a mechanism supporting shared understanding and affective response.<\/p>

We do so by…<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Facial expressions analysis<\/strong>
We conduct behavioral experiments to study interpersonal synchrony in facial expressions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Physiological Synchrony<\/strong>
We use physiological measures such as HRV and Eye movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shared Language
<\/strong>We conduct experiments to reveal people’s tendency to synchronize in language lexicons and communication features.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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fMRI<\/strong>
We use complex stimuli such as movies and stories (that includes the richness of events occurring in daily-life) while measuring the brain response in the MRI scanner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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fNIRS <\/strong>
We measure the brain response of two (or more) individuals while they interact using fNIRS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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