Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world

@article{Hasson2012BraintobrainCA,
  title={Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world},
  author={Uri Hasson and Asif A. Ghazanfar and Bruno Galantucci and Simon Garrod and Christian Keysers},
  journal={Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  year={2012},
  volume={16},
  pages={114-121}
}
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