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Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1371876
This article is part of the Research Topic The Metaverse, Immersive Virtual Reality and its Implications on Human Behavior View all 10 articles

The Neurosociological Paradigm of the Metaverse

Provisionally accepted
Olga Maslova Olga Maslova 1*Natalia Shusharina Natalia Shusharina 2Vasily Pyatin Vasily Pyatin 3
  • 1 Neurosociology Laboratory, Neurosciences Research Institute, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
  • 2 Baltic Center for Neurotechnologies and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
  • 3 Neurointerfaces and Neurotechnologies Laboratory, Neurosciences Research Institute, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia

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    Metaverse integrates people into virtual world, and challenges depend on advances in human, technological and procedural dimensions. Until now, solutions to these challenges haven't involved extensive neurosociological research. Study explores pioneering neurosociological paradigm in Metaverse, emphasizing its potential to revolutionize our understanding of social interactions by advanced methodologies like hyperscanning and interbrain synchrony. This convergence presents unprecedented opportunities for neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals due to technology personalization. Traditional face-to-face, interbrain coupling and Metaverse interactions are empirically substantiated. Biomarkers of social interaction as feedback between social brain networks and Metaverse are presented. Innovative contribution of findings to broader literature on Metaverse and neurosociology is substantiated. The article also discusses the ethical aspects of the integration of the neurosociological paradigm into the Metaverse.

    Keywords: Metaverse, neurosociological paradigm, social brain networks, hyperscanning, Interbrain synchrony, Social virtual reality, Ethics, neurodiversity

    Received: 17 Jan 2024; Accepted: 16 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Maslova, Shusharina and Pyatin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Olga Maslova, Neurosociology Laboratory, Neurosciences Research Institute, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia

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