this realization is has come to neuroscientists that you…
Page 147 keyword social this realization is has come to neuroscientists that you cannot look at just the behavior of one brain but but must look at the behavior of two brains. There is a researcher by the name of uri Hassan of Princeton who measured the brain activity of a peer of conversing subjects with FMRI. He found that the listeners brain activity mirrored the speakers. Summer areas of the brain even showed predictive anticipation responses. When there were such anticipatory responses, their resultant greater understanding. The behavior of one person can affect another person's behavior. The point is that we now understand that we have to look at the whole picture, not just one brain in isolation if we are to understand a full set of forces in play.
— from Communication & Conflict (Communication/Conflict) · Who's in charge? By Michael gazaniga
In the book
Ask open-ended questions; ask questions that draw the other person out. None of this is mystical: when one person truly listens, the listener's brain activity begins to mirror the speaker's — two nervous systems falling into step. The gift of communication, in the end, is not merely a set of reading and writing skills; it is an attitude — of listening, of understanding, of honoring the other person for their thoughts and feelings and ideas. — Communication & Conflict (Communication/Conflict)