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Increase in Synchronization of Autonomic Rhythms between Individuals When Listening to Music

In light of theories postulating a role for music in forming emotional and social bonds, here we investigated whether endogenous rhythms synchronize between multiple individuals when listening to music. Cardiovascular and respiratory recordings were taken from multiple individuals (musically trained...

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Autores principales: Bernardi, Nicolò F., Codrons, Erwan, di Leo, Rita, Vandoni, Matteo, Cavallaro, Filippo, Vita, Giuseppe, Bernardi, Luciano
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29089898
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00785
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author Bernardi, Nicolò F.
Codrons, Erwan
di Leo, Rita
Vandoni, Matteo
Cavallaro, Filippo
Vita, Giuseppe
Bernardi, Luciano
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description In light of theories postulating a role for music in forming emotional and social bonds, here we investigated whether endogenous rhythms synchronize between multiple individuals when listening to music. Cardiovascular and respiratory recordings were taken from multiple individuals (musically trained or music-naïve) simultaneously, at rest and during a live concert comprising music excerpts with varying degrees of complexity of the acoustic envelope. Inter-individual synchronization of cardiorespiratory rhythms showed a subtle but reliable increase during passively listening to music compared to baseline. The low-level auditory features of the music were largely responsible for creating or disrupting such synchronism, explaining ~80% of its variance, over and beyond subjective musical preferences and previous musical training. Listening to simple rhythms and melodies, which largely dominate the choice of music during rituals and mass events, brings individuals together in terms of their physiological rhythms, which could explain why music is widely used to favor social bonds.
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spelling pubmed-56510502017-10-31 Increase in Synchronization of Autonomic Rhythms between Individuals When Listening to Music Bernardi, Nicolò F. Codrons, Erwan di Leo, Rita Vandoni, Matteo Cavallaro, Filippo Vita, Giuseppe Bernardi, Luciano Front Physiol Physiology In light of theories postulating a role for music in forming emotional and social bonds, here we investigated whether endogenous rhythms synchronize between multiple individuals when listening to music. Cardiovascular and respiratory recordings were taken from multiple individuals (musically trained or music-naïve) simultaneously, at rest and during a live concert comprising music excerpts with varying degrees of complexity of the acoustic envelope. Inter-individual synchronization of cardiorespiratory rhythms showed a subtle but reliable increase during passively listening to music compared to baseline. The low-level auditory features of the music were largely responsible for creating or disrupting such synchronism, explaining ~80% of its variance, over and beyond subjective musical preferences and previous musical training. Listening to simple rhythms and melodies, which largely dominate the choice of music during rituals and mass events, brings individuals together in terms of their physiological rhythms, which could explain why music is widely used to favor social bonds. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5651050/ /pubmed/29089898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00785 Text en Copyright © 2017 Bernardi, Codrons, di Leo, Vandoni, Cavallaro, Vita and Bernardi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Bernardi, Nicolò F.
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Vandoni, Matteo
Cavallaro, Filippo
Vita, Giuseppe
Bernardi, Luciano
Increase in Synchronization of Autonomic Rhythms between Individuals When Listening to Music
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title_short Increase in Synchronization of Autonomic Rhythms between Individuals When Listening to Music
title_sort increase in synchronization of autonomic rhythms between individuals when listening to music
topic Physiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29089898
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00785
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