The relationship between physiological synchrony and motion energy synchrony during a joint group drumming task

Ilanit Gordon; Avi Gilboa; Shai Cohen; Tomer Kleinfeld

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113074

The relationship between physiological synchrony and motion energy synchrony during a joint group drumming task

Physiol Behav. 2020 Oct 1:224:113074. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113074. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

Authors

Ilanit Gordon¹, Avi Gilboa², Shai Cohen², Tomer Kleinfeld³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Electronic address: ilanit.gordon@biu.ac.il.
² The Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
³ Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; The Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

PMID: 32663553
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113074

Abstract

Coordination with others in groups is crucial to group cohesion and function, yet only scant research addressed behavioral and physiological interpersonal synchrony in groups during shared activities. We present data from 39 triads instructed to drum together. Based on video-recordings of the task and participants' electrocardiograms, we computed physiological synchrony in cardiologic interbeat intervals and behavioral motion energy synchrony among group members as they were drumming together. Overall, behavioral and physiological synchrony were positively associated with continuous shifts from positive correlations to non-significant ones throughout the task. Results shed light on the relational components of group bonding and elucidate the dynamic interactions between physiological and behavioral synchrony at the group level.

Keywords: Drumming; Groups; Interbeat-Intervals; MEA; Motion energy synchrony; Physiological synchrony.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cooperative Behavior*
Humans
Object Attachment*