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 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 regressi

SUBMITTER: Czepiel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599424 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature