Augmented Patient-Clinician Interactions Enhance Inter-Brain Synchrony Between Scalp Regions – a Hyperscan EEG Study

The patient-clinician relationship is central in clinical therapies for chronic pain. Previous research has found that a warm and empathic (augmented) clinical interaction compared to a neutral, business-like (limited) interaction can improve clinical outcomes, though what brain mechanisms are involved is still unknown. We completed an EEG-hyperscanning study (N=34 dyads) with brain EEG signals collected from chronic low back pain patients and clinicians (acupuncturists) during an ecologically valid experimental setting.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research