Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

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 …

Human social behaviour is complex, and the biological and neural mechanisms
underpinning it remain debated. A particularly interesting social phenomenon is our ability …

Ancient and culturally universal, dance pervades many areas of life and has multiple
benefits. In this article, we provide a conceptual framework and systematic review, as a …

Humans tend to anticipate events when they synchronize their actions with sound (such as
when they clap to music), which has puzzled scientists for decades. What accounts for this …

Across a broad spectrum of interactions, humans exhibit a prominent tendency to
synchronize their movements with one another. Traditionally, this phenomenon has been …

In this paper we argue that our comprehension of musical participation—the complex
network of interactive dynamics involved in collaborative musical experience—can benefit …

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our lives in unimagined ways, families are
reinventing daily rituals, and this is likely true for musical rituals. This study explored how …

Interpersonal coordination is a core part of human interaction, and its underlying
mechanisms have been extensively studied using social paradigms such as joint finger …

Human interaction is often accompanied by synchronized bodily rhythms. Such
synchronization may emerge spontaneously as when a crowd's applause turns into a steady …