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Title: | Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding |
Authors: | Tarr, B Launay, J Cohen, E Dunbar, R |
Keywords: | Dance;Synchrony;Social bonding;Self–other merging;Endorphins |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Royal Society |
Citation: | Biology Letters,11, (10): (2015) |
Abstract: | Group dancing is a ubiquitous human activity that involves exertive synchronized movement to music. It is hypothesized to play a role in social bonding, potentially via the release of endorphins, which are analgesic and rewardinducing, and have been implicated in primate social bonding. We used a 2 2 experimental design to examine effects of exertion and synchrony on bonding. Both demonstrated significant independent positive effects on pain threshold (a proxy for endorphin activation) and in-group bonding. This suggests that dance which involves both exertive and synchronized movement may be an effective group bonding activity. |
URI: | http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/10/20150767 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12538 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0767 |
ISSN: | 1744-9561 1744-957X |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology |
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