Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts

Abstract While there is an increasing shift in cognitive science to study perception of naturalistic stimuli, this study extends this goal to naturalistic contexts by assessing physiological synchrony across audience members in a concert setting. Cardiorespiratory, skin conductance, and facial muscl...

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Autores principales:	Anna Czepiel, Lauren K. Fink, Lea T. Fink, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Martin Tröndle, Julia Merrill
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc8cba2d693f4a129e24472a3f9b45e42021-11-21T12:24:10ZSynchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts10.1038/s41598-021-00492-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/cc8cba2d693f4a129e24472a3f9b45e42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00492-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract While there is an increasing shift in cognitive science to study perception of naturalistic stimuli, this study extends this goal to naturalistic contexts by assessing physiological synchrony across audience members in a concert setting. Cardiorespiratory, skin conductance, and facial muscle responses were measured from participants attending live string quintet performances of full-length works from Viennese Classical, Contemporary, and Romantic styles. The concert was repeated on three consecutive days with different audiences. Using inter-subject correlation (ISC) to identify reliable responses to music, we found that highly correlated responses depicted typical signatures of physiological arousal. By relating physiological ISC to quantitative values of music features, logistic regressions revealed that high physiological synchrony was consistently predicted by faster tempi (which had higher ratings of arousing emotions and engagement), but only in Classical and Romantic styles (rated as familiar) and not the Contemporary style (rated as unfamiliar). Additionally, highly synchronised responses across all three concert audiences occurred during important structural moments in the music—identified using music theoretical analysis—namely at transitional passages, boundaries, and phrase repetitions. Overall, our results show that specific music features induce similar physiological responses across audience members in a concert context, which are linked to arousal, engagement, and familiarity.Anna CzepielLauren K. FinkLea T. FinkMelanie Wald-FuhrmannMartin TröndleJulia MerrillNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Anna Czepiel Lauren K. Fink Lea T. Fink Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann Martin Tröndle Julia Merrill Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
description	Abstract While there is an increasing shift in cognitive science to study perception of naturalistic stimuli, this study extends this goal to naturalistic contexts by assessing physiological synchrony across audience members in a concert setting. Cardiorespiratory, skin conductance, and facial muscle responses were measured from participants attending live string quintet performances of full-length works from Viennese Classical, Contemporary, and Romantic styles. The concert was repeated on three consecutive days with different audiences. Using inter-subject correlation (ISC) to identify reliable responses to music, we found that highly correlated responses depicted typical signatures of physiological arousal. By relating physiological ISC to quantitative values of music features, logistic regressions revealed that high physiological synchrony was consistently predicted by faster tempi (which had higher ratings of arousing emotions and engagement), but only in Classical and Romantic styles (rated as familiar) and not the Contemporary style (rated as unfamiliar). Additionally, highly synchronised responses across all three concert audiences occurred during important structural moments in the music—identified using music theoretical analysis—namely at transitional passages, boundaries, and phrase repetitions. Overall, our results show that specific music features induce similar physiological responses across audience members in a concert context, which are linked to arousal, engagement, and familiarity.
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author	Anna Czepiel Lauren K. Fink Lea T. Fink Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann Martin Tröndle Julia Merrill
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title	Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
title_short	Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
title_full	Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
title_fullStr	Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
title_full_unstemmed	Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
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Synchrony in the periphery: inter-subject correlation of physiological responses during live music concerts

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