Into the Hive-Mind: Shared Absorption and Cardiac Interrelations in Expert and Student String Quartets

Expert musicians portray awe-inspiring precision, timing, and phrasing and may be thought to partake in a “hive-mind.” Such a shared musical absorption is characterized by a heightened empathic relation, mutual trust, and a sense that the music “takes over,” thus uniting the performers’ musical inte...

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Main Authors: Simon Høffding, Wenbo Yi, Eigil Lippert, Victor Gonzales Sanchez, Laura Bishop, Bruno Laeng, Anne Danielsen, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Sebastian Wallot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-05-01
Series:Music & Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231168597