Being in the zone: Physiological markers of togetherness in joint improvisation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Noy, Lior ^a   Levit Binun, Nava ^b   Golland, Yulia ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arousal; Dyadic physiology; Group flow; Interpersonal synchrony; Joint improvisation; Social coordination; Togetherness

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; GAME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MONITORING; MOTION; PLAY; PLEASURE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TOGETHERNESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84933677775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00187     Document Type: Article

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