Sync to link: Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation

Lang, Martin; Bahna, Vladimír; Shaver, John H.; Reddish, Paul; Xygalatas, Dimitris

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.06.001

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“…During the game, dedicated fans move and chant in synchrony for hours. Laboratory and field studies show that shared psychophysiological arousal and behavioral coordination can generate identity fusion (Páez et al 2015), trigger the release of endogenous opioids associated with group bonding (Dunbar 2010;Fischer et al 2014), and promote pro-social attitudes and behaviors (Xygalatas et al 2013), even among strangers (Lang et al 2017;Páez et al 2015). In the context of a game, these effects are amplified by the size of the collective, the affordances for emotional contagion (Lakin et al 2003), and an abundance of symbolic group markers.…”

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Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Whitehouse¹

2018

Behav Brain Sci

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Whether upheld as heroic or reviled as terrorism, throughout history people have been willing to lay down their lives for the sake of their groups. Why? Previous theories of extreme self-sacrifice have highlighted a range of seemingly disparate factors such as collective identity, outgroup hostility, and kin psychology. This paper attempts to integrate many of these factors into a single overarching theory based on several decades of collaborative research with a range of special populations, from tribes in Papua New Guinea to Libyan insurgents, and from Muslim fundamentalists in Indonesia to Brazilian football hooligans. These studies suggest that extreme self-sacrifice is motivated by 'identity fusion', a visceral sense of oneness with the group resulting from intense collective experiences (e.g. painful rituals or the horrors of frontline combat) or from perceptions of shared biology. In ancient foraging societies, fusion would have enabled warlike bands to stand united despite strong temptations to scatter and flee. The fusion mechanism has often been exploited in cultural rituals, not only by tribal societies but also in specialized cells embedded in armies, cults, and terrorist organizations. With the rise of social complexity and the spread of states and empires, fusion has also been extended to much larger groups, including doctrinal religions, ethnicities, and ideological movements. Explaining extreme self-sacrifice is not only a scientific priority but also a practical challenge as we seek a collective response to suicide terrorism and other extreme expressions of outgroup hostility that continue to bedevil humanity today.

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confidence: 99%

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Whitehouse¹

2018

Behav Brain Sci

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“…Acoustic and temporal characteristics inherent to different rhythms, especially the degree of temporal isochrony between salient acoustic events in vocal signals, have been associated with various affective states, affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and cooperative urges . Corncrakes (a bird in the rail family), for example, switch from regular rhythm with isochronous intervocalization intervals to irregular rhythm when signaling aggression .…”

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“…35 The evolutionary roots of this faculty are explored in the cross-species study by Ravignani et al 26 Acoustic and temporal characteristics inherent to different rhythms, especially the degree of temporal isochrony between salient acoustic events in vocal signals, have been associated with various affective states, affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and cooperative urges. 36,37 Corncrakes (a bird in the rail family), for example, switch from regular rhythm with isochronous intervocalization intervals to irregular rhythm when signaling aggression. 38 Monkeys, including gelades, baboons, macaques, and marmosets, produce specific rhythms with lip-smacking frequency at around 4-5 Hz to signal affiliation.…”

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Speech rhythm as naturally occurring and culturally transmitted behavioral patterns

Ordin

2019

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Rhythm is fundamental to every motor activity. Neural and physiological mechanisms that underlie rhythmic cognition, in general, and rhythmic pattern generation, in particular, are evolutionarily ancient. As speech production is a kind of motor activity, investigating speech rhythm can provide insight into how general motor patterns have been adapted for more specific use in articulation and speech production. Studies on speech rhythm may further provide insight into the development of speech capacity in humans. As speech capacity is putatively a prerequisite for developing a language faculty, studies on speech rhythm may cast some light on the mystery of language evolution in the human genus. Hereby, we propose an approach to exploring speech rhythm as a window on speech emergence in ontogenesis and phylogenesis, as well as on diachronic linguistic changes.

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“…As discussed above, interpersonal synchrony promotes a range of outcomes that in practice can serve to enhance entitativity, communication, and social functioning (Lang et al, 2017;Marsh, 2013;Mogan et al, 2017)-factors that could feasibly serve to support collaborative efforts. Indeed, recent meta-analytical evidence confirms that along with enhanced prosociality, rapport, and affect, bouts of synchronous behaviour (i.e., exact behavioural matching) reliably promote social-cognitive functioning, including enhancing theory of mind, perception, attention, and memory of others (Mogan et al, 2017).…”

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“…By coordinating with others, we routinely achieve fundamental social goals (e.g., communication, affiliation, protection) with seemingly only minimal effort. Coordination functions by establishing a unitary common ground, temporarily linking individuals to form a coherent entitative whole (Lang, Bahna, Shaver, Reddish, & Xygalatas, 2017;Marsh, 2013;Schmidt & Richardson, 2008;Semin, 2007). While it can take many guises (e.g., linguistic turn-taking, behavioural mirroring, complexity matching), synchrony, as one form, is arguably primary.…”

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Coordination Matters: Interpersonal Synchrony Influences Collaborative Problem-Solving

Miles¹,

Lumsden²,

Flannigan³

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Moving in time with others is a central characteristic of social life and has been shown to promote a host of social-cognitive attunements (e.g., person memory, affiliation, prosociality) for those involved. Less attention has been paid, however, to how the effects of coordination can serve higher-order goal-directed social behaviour. Here we explored whether interpersonal synchrony impacts performance on a collaborative problem-solving task. One hundred and ninety two participants completed a short movement exercise in pairs whereby coordination mode was manipulated (in-phase synchrony, asynchrony, control). Each pair then jointly discussed a problem-solving exercise while the degree to which coordination spontaneously emerged was assessed. The results revealed that collaboration was more effective following in-phase coordination. Of theoretical significance, both instructed and spontaneous synchrony were associated with better performance, with the short-term history of each dyad shaping precisely when coordination was functional. Overall, the synchronization of body movements appears to support effective collaboration.

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Sync to link: Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation

Cited by 91 publications

References 74 publications

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Speech rhythm as naturally occurring and culturally transmitted behavioral patterns

Coordination Matters: Interpersonal Synchrony Influences Collaborative Problem-Solving

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