Team Flow Is a Unique Brain State Associated with Enhanced Information Integration and Interbrain Synchrony

Shehata, Mohammad; Cheng, Miaoting; Leung, Angus; Tsuchiya, Naotsugu; Wu, Daw‐An; Tseng, Chia-huei; Nakauchi, Shigeki; Shimojo, Shinsuke

doi:10.1523/eneuro.0133-21.2021

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“…Alpha, low beta, and mid beta band activity have also been indicated as the most reliable predictors for the flow state in comparison to boredom and anxiety in a plane battle game (Berta et al, 2013). It is conceivable that a state of team flow (Shehata et al, 2021) could explain our results, which indicate that dyads with higher alpha synchrony performed better in the collaborative car racing game. Inducing team flow could be a very desirable outcome of multiplayer gaming, and influence performance in the game, as well as social relationships and collaboration outside of gaming.…”

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“…Whether a connection exists between inter-brain synchrony and the flow state (Csikszentmihalyi, 1991) during multiplayer online video games is an interesting question for future work, as achieving a team flow state (Shehata et al, 2021) could be expected to affect performance positively, and in itself be a desirable outcome of gaming.…”

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“…Also, observation methods should be created. In addition, objective measures such as behavior (Gloor et al, 2022), communication (Peifer et al, 2021), or physiological parameters (Czeszumski et al, 2022; Shehata et al, 2021) should be considered as a complement to or external criterion for questionnaires and qualitative observation methods. Subsequently, an experimental paradigm should be developed which allows for testing the propositions by manipulating variables of the structure model of the IGFT.…”

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Perspectives on group flow: Existing theoretical approaches and the development of the integrative group flow theory.

Pels¹,

Kleinert²

2023

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Objective: The existing theoretical approaches to group flow deviate from each other and have several limitations. Given that the assumptions of the existing approaches are not incompatible with each other and instead can be regarded as being complementary, the purpose of this article is to propose the integrative group flow theory (IGFT) as a theory that integrates and extends existing approaches. Results: The IGFT is based on action theoretical principles and describes group flow as balanced group action. Balanced group action is a continuously perfectly fitting handling of the task by the group system in a given situation. This involves relationships within and between the three action theoretical components of group action (i.e., group system, group task, group environment) and three major functions of the group system (i.e., state of mind, behavior, skills). Group flow is described as dynamic due to changes of the group situation and due to regulatory processes within the group, particularly interpersonal coordination. Conclusion: In terms of systematics, the IGFT meets the goodness criteria (i.e., comprehensiveness, parsimony, openness). Moreover, the theory also meets specific recommendations for the development of theories for group phenomena. In terms of empiricism, the results of the existing studies already confirm many aspects of the IGFT. Further research is needed to test the remaining aspects. This requires the development of a measurement instrument and an experimental paradigm. The theory can be expected to fulfill the functions of scientific theories (i.e., epistemology, praxeology, communication).

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“…The students collectively will then be a possible candidate system with nonzero Φ. However, the feedback connectivity among students pales in comparison to the feedback connectivity inside a student's brain (Shehata et al 2021). The student brains (and therefore, the students) exclude the classroom-composite in favor of the students.…”

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When do parts form wholes? Integrated information as the restriction on mereological composition

McQueen¹,

Tsuchiya²

2023

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Under what conditions are material objects, such as particles, parts of a whole object? This is the composition question and is a longstanding open question in philosophy. Existing attempts to specify a non-trivial restriction on composition tend to be vague and face serious counterexamples. Consequently, two extreme answers have become mainstream: composition (the forming of a whole by its parts) happens under no or all conditions. In this paper, we provide a self-contained introduction to the integrated information theory of consciousness (IIT). We show that IIT specifies a non-trivial restriction on composition: composition happens when integrated information is maximized. We compare the IIT-restriction to existing proposals and argue that the IIT-restriction has significant advantages, especially in response to the problems of vagueness and counterexamples. An appendix provides an introduction to calculating parts and wholes with a simple system.

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Team Flow Is a Unique Brain State Associated with Enhanced Information Integration and Interbrain Synchrony

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Cited by 17 publications

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Inter-brain synchronization occurs without physical co-presence during cooperative online gaming

Inter-brain synchronization occurs without physical co-presence during cooperative online gaming

Perspectives on group flow: Existing theoretical approaches and the development of the integrative group flow theory.

When do parts form wholes? Integrated information as the restriction on mereological composition

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