Talk title: Neural and Cognitive mechanisms of human social interaction

Decades of research in cognitive neuroscience have revealed fundamental processes in the human brain, but there is an increasing recognition that some important aspects of our lives cannot be captured using traditional methods.  Both behaviour and brain activity change when people are being watched by others, imitating others, interacting with others and learning from others.  This talk will show how new interactive methods in conjunction with functional near infrared spectroscopy can give important insights into the interactive brain and how it might differ in autism.