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Real-world social cognition requires processing and adapting to multiple dynamic information streams. Interpreting neural activity in such ecological conditions remains a key challenge for neuroscience. This study leverages advancements in de-noising techniques and multivariate modeling to extract interpretable EEG signals from pairs of participant...
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... (see Methods). Our analysis indicated that the EEG modulations 5 previously associated with changes to in-phase coordination, specifically observed at occipital sites (Oz) 6 and specifically under conditions of visual contact and same-tempo music (Fig. 5), were present only 7 when these changes were time-locked to other-generated movement changes (Fig. 7b). This indicates 8 that larger amplitude ERPs are evoked when a partner initiates a change in movement direction that 9 leads to in-phase coordination compared to a change in movement direction that leads to anti-phase 10 coordination. This result further strengthens the conclusion that the brain encodes interpersonal 11 coordination ...
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... Among the diverse manifestations of human movement, dance stands out for its unique ability to integrate physical, emotional, and social dimensions of experience (Bigand et al., 2024) into a complex yet unified form of expression (Karpati et al., 2015;Christensen et al., 2017). In particular, dance holds a distinct position in its intimate connection to mating processes (Quiroga Murcia et al., 2009;Byers Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (2025) 59:31 et al., 2010;Grammer et al., 2011). ...
This paper analyzes Carlos Saura’s film Tango through the theoretical lens of the Tie-Up Theory to explore how fictional narratives can serve as laboratories for investigating the embodied social cognition of romantic relationships. The study shows how dance, particularly tango, functions both as subject matter and cognitive metaphor in representing the complex dynamics of couple formation and maintenance. The film’s meta-representational structure, combining the creation of a dance performance with the exploration of actual relationships, reveals how cultural forms serve as cognitive scaffolds for understanding complex social dynamics. The study contributes to our understanding of how artistic representation can reveal typically implicit aspects of relationship cognition by demonstrating the value of integrating multidisciplinary perspectives of cognitive theory, psychology of mating, and cultural theory.
