Social psychology has long established that the mere presence of others influences the investigator's individual behavior and performance. "Social facilitation" refers to any improvement or deterioration of performance due to the presence of others. For more than a century, social psychology has acquired a solid knowledge of the principles governing this fundamental form of social influence. But the underlying mechanism of social facilitation remains debated, as behavior alone cannot identify it with certainty. This major unresolved problem makes it particularly difficult to translate laboratory results on social facilitation into real applications in areas such as school or work, where others are ubiquitous. The purpose of this study will therefore be to identify the mediator of social facilitation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
43
During the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans, the subject will perform cognitive tasks measuring eye movements and attention alternatively observed by a familiar peer (in an adjacent room) or not.
Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon
Bron, France
Brain activation
Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent (BOLD) signals
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
pupillary diameter
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
error rate
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
reaction time
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
oculomotor kinematic parameters: velocity of saccades.
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
oculomotor kinematic parameters: duration of saccades.
Time frame: 50 minutes
Behavioral performances
oculomotor kinematic parameters: precision of saccades.
Time frame: 50 minutes
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