To advance knowledge on the psychophysiological markers of “coordination cost” in team settings, we explored differences in meta-communication patterns (i.e., silence, speaking, listening, and overlap), perceived psychological states (i.e., core affect, attention, efficacy beliefs), heart rate variability (i.e., RMSSD), and brain rhythms (i.e., alpha, beta and theta absolute power) across three studies involving 48 male dyads (Mage = 21.30; SD = 2.03). Skilled participants cooperatively played three consecutive FIFA-17 (Xbox) games in a dyad against the computer, or competed against the computer in a solo condition and a dyad condition. We observed that playing in a team, in contrast to playing alone, was associated with higher alpha peak and global efficiency in the brain and, at the same time, led to an increase in focused attention as evidenced by participants’ higher theta activity in the frontal lobe. Moreover, we observed that overtime participants’ brain dynamics moved towards a state of “neural-efficiency”, characterized by increased theta and beta activity in the frontal lobe, and high alpha activity across the whole brain. Our findings advance the literature by demonstrating that (1) the notion of coordination cost can be captured at the neural level in the initial stages of team development; (2) by decreasing the costs of switching between tasks, teamwork increases both individuals’ attentional focus and global neural efficiency; and (3) communication dynamics become more proficient and individuals’ brain patterns change towards neural efficiency over time, likely due to team learning and decreases in intra-team conflict.

为了增进对团队环境中“协调成本”的心理生理学标记的了解，我们探讨了元沟通模式（即沉默、说话、倾听和重叠）、感知心理状态（即核心情感、注意力、功效信念）的差异。 ）、心率变异性（即 RMSSD）和脑节律（即 α、β 和 θ 绝对功率）涉及涉及 48 名男性二人组的三项研究（Mage = 21.30；SD = 2.03）。熟练的参与者与计算机以双人方式合作连续玩三场 FIFA-17 (Xbox) 游戏，或者以单人条件和双人条件与计算机竞争。我们观察到，与单独玩耍相比，团队合作与大脑中更高的 α 峰值和整体效率相关，同时，参与者的大脑中更高的 θ 活动证明了集中注意力的增加。额叶。此外，我们观察到加班参与者的大脑动态走向“神经效率”状态，其特征是额叶中的 θ 和 β 活动增加，以及整个大脑的 α 活动增加。我们的研究结果通过证明以下内容推进了文献的发展：（1）可以在团队发展的初始阶段在神经层面捕获协调成本的概念； （2）通过降低任务之间切换的成本，团队合作提高了个人的注意力集中度和全局神经效率； (3) 随着时间的推移，沟通动力变得更加熟练，个人的大脑模式向神经效率方向转变，这可能是由于团队学习和团队内冲突的减少。