ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the theories and methodologies that lay the foundation for the study of hyper-brains and collective minds in interactive motor tasks at large, and the sports domain in particular. It provides an interpretative analysis of how the idea of "mind" at the individual level of analysis and "collective minds" at the group level of analysis is central to the study of teams. The chapter highlights the main tenets of Theory of Mind insofar that "reading other minds" seems to be both an endowed ability and a developed skill that allows one to empathize with and simulate what goes on inside other people's heads. The growth of social neuroscience has ushered new approaches to the study of team dynamics, particularly those focused on capturing the reflective and formative indicators of team processes through peripheral and central psychophysiological methods. Empirical research has confirmed the assertion that team processes are connected in a systemic fashion.
