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SUMMARY:Synchrony and Entrainment in Human Interaction - Satinder Gill\, U
 niversity of Cambridge
DTSTART:20091029T141500Z
DTEND:20091029T151500Z
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CONTACT:Shazia Afzal
DESCRIPTION:An analysis of how our bodies engage and cue ways of understan
 ding and providing feedback in communication shows patterns of rhythmic sy
 nchrony and collective action that seem to have a musical quality. The pul
 l of one body with another (in synchrony and entrained) or withdrawal of o
 ne body from another (out of sync) gives us a sense of how we are making s
 ense of each other and the nature of our commitment to be together. The mo
 st powerful form of synchrony is simultaneous motion. Condon said that thi
 s was so vital to human sociality that every culture has devised the short
  cut to it\, in the form of greetings. Shaking someone's hand\, touching n
 oses\, kissing\, bowing\, is awkward if it is not simultaneously synchroni
 sed. Some of the patterns of rhythmic synchrony one finds in body movement
  is akin to the accents and moments of crescendo found in music performanc
 e\, and these seem to help us to maintain attention and reach a heightened
  state of emotion and resonance. This work seeks to attain a better unders
 tanding of how the body/gesture and sound move together in sense-making\, 
 and how various kinds of technological interfaces afford\, inhibit\, or al
 ter\, these movements.
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room SS03
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