Fig. 2: Experiment 2 setup and procedures.

a The fNIRS hyperscanning environment. The brain activities of two communicators in one dyad were recorded simultaneously using fNIRS. b The optode probes were placed on the right temporal-parietal area. T4 (orange circles) in the international 10-20 system was used as reference sites. c Figures used in the experimental and control conditions. d Characters used under the experimental condition. e Characters used under the control condition.