People are embedded in social interaction that shapes their brains throughout lifetime.
Instead of emerging from lower-level cognitive functions, social interaction could be the …

Human communication is a traditional topic of research in many disciplines such as
psychology, linguistics and philosophy, all of which mainly focused on language, gestures …

A new way to understand expressive interaction, focusing on the dynamic, fast, pre-reflective
processes underlying interactions with music. The expressive moment is that point in time …

Humans are innately social creatures, but cognitive neuroscience, that has traditionally
focused on individual brains, is only now beginning to investigate social cognition through …

Music performance is inherently social. Most music is performed in groups, and even
soloists are subject to influence from a (real or imagined) audience. It is also inherently …

The cultural and technological achievements of the human species depend on complex
social interactions. Nonverbal interpersonal coordination, or joint action, is a crucial element …

Title: The Routledge companion to embodied music interaction/edited by Marc Leman,
Micheline Lesaffre, and Pieter-Jan Maes. Description: New York; London: Routledge, 2017 …

Current literature on creative cognition has developed rich conceptual landscapes
dedicated to the analysis of both individual and collective forms of creativity. This work has …

Drawing on a micro-phenomenological paradigm, we discuss Contact Improvisation (CI),
where dancers explore potentials of intercorporeal weight sharing, kinesthesia, touch, and …

Joint action is essential in daily life, as humans often must coordinate with others to
accomplish shared goals. Previous studies have mainly focused on sensorimotor aspects of …