The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the implementation of policies that mandate various
restrictions on daily life, including social distancing, the closure of public services and …

Performing and listening to music occurs in specific situations, requiring specific media.
Empirical research on music listening and appreciation, however, tends to overlook the …

A live music concert is a pleasurable social event that is among the most visceral and
memorable forms of musical engagement. But what inspires listeners to attend concerts …

Neural, physiological, and behavioral signals synchronize between human subjects in a
variety of settings. Multiple hypotheses have been proposed to explain this interpersonal …

Heart rate has natural fluctuations that are typically ascribed to autonomic function. Recent
evidence suggests that conscious processing can affect the timing of the heartbeat. We …

Recent research has attempted to identify methods to mitigate cybersickness and examine
its aftereffects. In this direction, this paper examines the effects of cybersickness on …

While there is an increasing shift in cognitive science to study perception of naturalistic
stimuli, this study extends this goal to naturalistic contexts by assessing physiological …

It is now widely accepted that inter-brain synchronization is an important and inevitable
mechanism of interpersonal action coordination and social interaction behavior. This review …

Cardiac synchrony is a crucial component of shared experiences, considered as an
objective measure of emotional processes accompanying empathic interactions. No study …

Expert musicians portray awe-inspiring precision, timing, and phrasing and may be thought
to partake in a “hive-mind.” Such a shared musical absorption is characterized by a …