www.inverse.com: Imagine you’re at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour jamming away to “Anti-Hero” to your heart’s content. Looking over the sea of fellow Swifties, you feel a camaraderie — not just over ex-lovers and grappling with personal insecurities — but of harmony and synchrony.
As it turns out, this synchronous, almost hivemind response to T-Swizzle’s music, or any other artists or musical genres, may be a real phenomenon called induction synchrony.
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Well, this was extremely cool, the study described in the article explains how people can “sync up” when listening to the same music. for example, at a concert, many people feel a sense of interconnectedness without even knowing why. it is scientifically proven/noticed that music can have even more of an emotional impact than thought of before. I think this is so cool, just based on the idea that art can make people feel and act in certain ways. I think an artist has done their job if this is the case, art is about looking quietly while also that cause and effect relationship. Art is about reaction, someone's reaction can come in many different forms. however, reading this has made me realize that some art gives people the same reaction and that is powerful. Even an artist like Taylor Swift who writes pop songs gives people this kind of reaction. in the article, her concerts are referenced. music that is made for fun also has significance in this respect. when people experience something together it bonds them, that is why people's music tastes are so sacred to them.
This was super cool to read! It really made me think about music and human connection. Humans are inherently empathetic creatures. We long to be connected with people. We are social. This study proved that music allows people to connect, not only through mutual interest and enjoyment, but also physiologically. Their bodies start to do the same things as they connect. That’s awesome! This can explain why music is such a fundamental part of the human experience. This research opens up so many new questions. It would be interesting to see if this is true across all genres of music or just some. Is this effect only true with live music? I have so many further questions. I wonder what the physiological effects of a musical are on people. Is that connection greater? Musicals tend to invoke a greater emotion in people than just songs so I wonder if that would greatly impact that connection. As performers we kind of view the audience as one giant blob, not very individual. This research almost makes that true.
The human body is wild. Of course, they figured this out during the pandemic, that makes perfect sense. I have heard of people’s heartbeats syncing up when you’re laying on each other’s chest and stuff and even when listening to music but I didn’t know that it also syncs up bodily functions like breathing, sweating, and even movements. Even deeper than that it is interesting to know that this effect occurs when you are talking to people. I am interested to understand the effect that this has on audience members in a theatre. Knowing that beyond what they can see and hear there is a community with their heartbeats beating at the same rate will make me re-evaluate what it means to be in an audience. The emotional connection people feel when listening to music is unlike anything else in this world, it is wild to learn that the body knows this and uses it as an opportunity to communicate.
This article was so cool! I always had a feeling that something like this was happening when I was at a concert but I never actually knew if that was true or if I was going crazy. I think the idea of this brings me so much Joy. The idea that listening to the same music at the same time brings a large crowd of people into sync is insane! It is the magic of music and that is what some people do not understand, the experience you have watching a concert on TV at home vs. in person is drastically different. I also think it would be interesting to do the same study in a theatrical setting. You know that moment when everyone goes absolutely silent watching the same heart wrenching moment…I would love to know if everyone syncs in a moment like that or not. In my head it happens and everyone is breathing together and experiencing the exact same thing at the same time.
Induction synchrony is such an interesting phenomenon. To backtrack a little, I understand how people can mirror each other in conversations – I believe it’s largely due to looking at each other and those visual signals/cues. But I wonder if it’s the same for listening to the same music – like, does it only apply to concerts, where you can see many other people in the same venue moving along to the music? Would the induction synchrony still occur if we blindfolded these audience members? The article says that the experiment was conducted during COVID when social distancing was still in effect, but I’m assuming it still allowed people to see each other. This then brings out an interesting point because the audience’s bringing wasn’t synchronized, and could this be caused by wearing masks and hence the lack of visible breathing patterns? Overall, I think this is an interesting discovery, but I wish the article covered more detail about the biology behind this phenomenon.
This was SUCH a cool article to read. As I’ve said before, I am a HUGE concert fan. I have been so fortunate to see so many of my favorite artists live, and it is always such an ethereal experience singing along to songs I continuously blast in my car. My favorite part of every concert I’ve been to are the large crowds singing along to the artist on stage. This article talks about how people who feel immersed in the music they listen to have, yes, an emotional connection, but also a physical connection. It is seen that people in crowds had synced heart rates, but it is noted that their breathing patterns were not synced. The one issue I had with this article was that the data was taken from a crowd at a concert in Berlin at the height of the pandemic in 2020 with social distancing measures in place. Although I agree that this data is important, I think it would have been important to see the data differences in a crowd that no longer needs to take the same precautions we took in 2020.
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