Social and nonlinear dynamics unite: Musical group synchrony

AP Demos, C Palmer - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Synchronization, the human tendency to align behaviors in time with others, is necessary for
many survival skills. The ability to synchronize actions with rhythmic (predictable) sound …

Audience synchronies in live concerts illustrate the embodiment of music experience

W Tschacher, S Greenwood, S Ramakrishnan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
A study of 132 audience members of three classical public concerts (all three staged the
same chamber music pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Brett Dean, and Johannes Brahms) …

Physiological synchrony in audiences of live concerts.

W Tschacher, S Greenwood, H Egermann… - … , creativity, and the …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Entrainment and synchronization play major roles in understanding the emotional effects of
music; thus, we were interested in synchronized responses of concert audiences listening to …

Challenges and added value of measuring embodied variables in psychotherapy

P Nyman-Salonen, VL Kykyri, M Penttonen - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Research on embodied aspects of clinical encounters is growing, but discussion on the
premises of including embodied variables in empirical research is scarce. Studies have …

Cross-correlation-and entropy-based measures of movement synchrony: Non-convergence of measures leads to different associations with depressive symptoms

U Altmann, B Strauss, W Tschacher - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Several algorithms have been proposed to quantify synchronization. However,
little is known about their convergent and predictive validity. Methods: The sample included …

Complexity science in human change: Research, models, clinical applications

F Orsucci, W Tschacher - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Complexity and entropy prevail in human behavior and social interaction because the
systems underlying behavior and interaction are, without a doubt, highly complex. The …

Nonverbal synchrony in couple therapy linked to clients' well-being and the therapeutic alliance

P Nyman-Salonen, VL Kykyri, W Tschacher… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nonverbal synchrony between individuals has a robust relation to the positive aspects of
relationships. In psychotherapy, where talking is the cure, nonverbal synchrony has been …

Electrodermal and respiratory synchrony in couple therapy in distinct therapeutic subsystems and reflection periods

JF Coutinho, M Penttonen, A Tourunen… - Psychotherapy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Synchrony in the multi-person context of systemic therapy is a complex and
understudied phenomenon. We analyzed respiratory and electrodermal synchronies within …

Embodiment in der therapeutischen Kommunikation

W Tschacher, D Meier - Die Psychotherapie, 2023 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In Psychologie, Sozial-und Geisteswissenschaften ist ein
Trend hin zur Anerkennung der Rolle des Körpers bei kognitiven Prozessen (Embodiment) …

An Adaptive Network Model for the Emergence of Group Synchrony and Behavioral Adaptivity for Group Bonding

F Mattera, SCF Hendrikse, J Treur - International Conference on Complex …, 2023 - Springer
The research reported here analyses the relationship between group synchrony and group
bonding through a novel adaptive computational dynamical system model. By simulating …