Published: Aug. 6, 2024

Live performances, where groups of people collectively experience dance, music, or theatre, are a ubiquitous feature human cultures. Yet, neuroscientific studies these inherently social art forms almost exclusively involve watching video sound recordings alone in laboratory. Across three live dance we simultaneously measured real-time dynamics between the brains up to 23 audience members using mobile wet-electrode EEG. Inter-brain synchrony (IBS) delta band (1-4 Hz) varied systematically with dancers’ movements and audiences’ collective engagement as predicted by choreographer. IBS was reduced when watched performance on their own Choreographic sections higher were also rated more engaging an independent sample viewers. Our study shows that experiences measurable dynamic brain co-present spectators reflects artistically directed performance.

Language: Английский