How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another

Without synchrony and the deeper forms of connection that lie beyond it, we may be at greater risk for mental instability and poor physical health. With synchrony and other levels of neural interaction, humans teach and learn, forge friendships and romances, and cooperate and converse. We are driven to connect, and synchrony is one way our brains h

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According to the binding problem in neuroscience, if you synchronize different parts of the brain, you get a single consciousness bound together. So following the idea’s logic: if you synchronized different people, what do you get? Is it not at least imaginable you could get some sort of experience that goes beyond any individual person’s conscious

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Synchronization is considered a potential means by which humans can become more socially bonded with one another. There is perhaps no stronger behavior to unite humans than coordinated rhythmic movement, such as singing, dancing, chanting, walking, or talking together. These activities can increase social bonding.