The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond.
Frontiers in human neuroscience January 1, 2025 Niclas Kaiser, Juan Camilo Avendano-Diaz 4 citations
Relational neuroscience often overlooks the subtle, implicit qualities of shared interpersonal moments, especially those central to psychotherapy. The authors argue this gap arises from over-reliance on simplified quantitative methods, neglect of experiential factors, and a lack of convergence research. Drawing on 4E cognition and Mobile Brain/Body Imaging, they advocate integrating subjective experience with neural data and focusing on 'qualities' rather than binary or linear scales. They propose ConNECT (Convergence research including Neuroscience and Experiences, Capturing meaningful dynamics with Therapists' knowledge) as a multi-disciplinary path to better understand interpresence and the neurobiology of meaningful relational moments.