A Team’s Neurodynamic Organization is More than the Sum of its Members

Abstract

The information within the neurodynamic data streams of teams engaged in naturalistic decision making was separated into information unique to each team member, the information shared by two or more team members, and team-specific information related to interactions with the task and team members. Most of the team information consisted of the information contained in an individual’s neurodynamic data stream. The information in an individual’s data stream that was shared with another team member was highly variable being 1-60% of the total information in another person’s data stream. From the shared, individual, and team information it becomes possible to assign quantitative values to both the neurodynamics of each team member during the task, as well as the interactions among the members of the team.