Traces across the body: influence of music-dance synchrony on the observation of dance.

ABSTRACT: In previous studies investigating entrainment and person perception, synchronized movements were found to enhance memory for incidental person attributes. Although this effect is robust, including in dance, the process by which it is actuated are less well understood. In this study, two hypotheses are investigated: that enhanced memory for person attributes is the result of (1) increased gaze time between in-tempo dancers; and/or (2) greater attentional focus between in-tempo dancers. To explore these possible mechanisms in the context of observing dance, an eye-tracking study was conducted in which subjects watched videos of pairs of laterally positioned dancers; only one of the dancers was synchronized with the music, the other being asynchronous. The results were consistent with the fir

SUBMITTER: Woolhouse MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4253660 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature