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SUMMARY:Psychological effects of interpersonal entrainment  - Gabriela Pav
 arini\, University of Cambridge 
DTSTART:20160202T170000Z
DTEND:20160202T183000Z
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CONTACT:Arild Stenberg
DESCRIPTION:For thousands of years\, humans throughout the world have gath
 ered in groups to sing\, chant\, and dance together. This keeping together
  in time as a collective leads to feelings of closeness and similarity\, a
 nd binds people together in cooperative units. Several theorists have sugg
 ested that this process is underpinned by the experience of strong positiv
 e emotions arising from moving in time with others. However\, psychologica
 l studies have largely failed to find an effect of synchrony on positive e
 motions. I attempt to shed light on this puzzle by presenting a more nuanc
 ed empirical account of how synchrony modulates emotional experiences. My 
 findings suggest that (1) interpersonal entrainment amplifies positive emo
 tions oriented towards others but not positive feelings that focus on the 
 self\, (2) interpersonal entrainment reduces aversion toward stimuli that 
 are potentially harmful to the self\, and (3) synchronous individuals show
  greater similarity in emotional states in comparison with asynchronous co
 unterparts. These findings indicate that emotions should not be dismissed 
 in the context of interpersonal entrainment. However\, to attain a more co
 mplete understanding of these emotional effects we need to proceed beyond 
 a valence-based dichotomy. Synchrony transports people from an individual 
 state of mind to a collective one\, tuning emotional states in ways that p
 rotect and strengthen their connections with one another. 
LOCATION:Lecture Room 1\, Faculty of Music\, 11 West Road\, CB3 9DP
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