Guitars And Brains: Neuroscience Synchronization Happens In Musical Duets
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 19:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together, and even when musicians play different voices. Johanna Sänger and her team used electrodes to record the brain waves of guitarists while they played different voices of the same duet. They say the results point to brain synchronicity that cannot be explained away by similitudes in external stimulation but can be attributed to a more profound interpersonal coordination. read more