Brains Jam together

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Guitarists' Brains Swing Together

ScienceDaily (Mar. 18, 2009) — When musicians play along together it isn't just their instruments that are in time – their brain waves are too. New research shows how EEG readouts from pairs of guitarists become more synchronized, a finding with wider potential implications for how our brains interact when we do.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201501.htm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wFs91qJaY

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Yes

and when dancers dance together, the same sort of thing happens as well. The Dances of Universal Peace often exhibit this--you can feel when your brain "switches" and suddenly it is as if you aren't an individual, but rather part of an entity (the dance circle) moving as one unit.

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2. In your context?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60c-4668U8

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Not quite

Ours is a group practice, not directed to an individual.

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6. Have you ever seen Baraka?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtiqrzmuWbw

[TrogL]

3. Just shows all guitar players think alike

Note they didn't test keyboard players.

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5. Dueling Pianos?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpOcL_stl68