У Zoom Conversations vs In-Person: Brain Activity Tells a Different Tale

https://neurosciencenews.com/zoom-conversations-social-neuroscience-24996/

Key Facts:

1. The study employed unique neuroimaging technologies to monitor real-time brain activity during two-person interactions both in-person and on Zoom.
2. In-person interactions exhibited increased neural activity linked with gaze time, pupil dilation, and enhanced face processing ability, reflecting greater arousal and social cue exchange.
3. Current digital representations of faces don’t access the brain’s social neural pathways as effectively as live interactions.