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  • Author(s): Zaraska, Marta
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Oct2020, Vol. 323 Issue 4, p64-69. 6p. 5 Color Photographs.
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    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on synchronized activities such as group dancing and exercise promote surprisingly strong social bonds, probably through changes in brain chemistry. Topics include Many group activities boost our sense of belonging, but research shows that doing things synchronously can build even stronger social ties and create a greater sense of well being; and Psychologists and neuroscientists explain the way synchrony draws people together with a dry term: self other blurring.