Intense sociality has been a catalyst for human culture and civilization, and our social
relationships at a personal level play a pivotal role in our health and well-being. These …

Never before have we experienced social isolation on such a massive scale as we have in
response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, we know that the social …

Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly
on the value of music for specific adaptive contexts such as mate selection, parental care …

Ancient and culturally universal, dance pervades many areas of life and has multiple
benefits. In this article, we provide a conceptual framework and systematic review, as a …

The human social world is orders of magnitude smaller than our highly urbanized world
might lead us to suppose. In addition, human social networks have a very distinct fractal …

When listening to music, we naturally move our bodies rhythmically to the beat, which can
be pleasurable and difficult to resist. This pleasurable sensation of wanting to move the body …

In modern times there is increasing acceptance that music-based interventions are useful
aids in the clinical treatment of a range of neurological and psychiatric conditions, including …

Joint engagement in music often facilitates positive social interaction, effectively shifting
participants' perspective from the individual to the collective. The result is tight coordination …

Highlights•Model-free analyses provide a window to brain basis of complex social
processes.•Synchrony of brain activity may underlie shared mental states.•Similarity of brain …

Seminal studies suggest that being mimicked increases experienced social closeness and
prosocial behavior to a mimicking confederate (ie, interaction partner). Here we reexamine …