When you go to a concert, your brainwaves sync better with other people
There’s something about a live music experience that just can’t be duplicated. We all feel it, but what exactly is going on?
IQ Magazine says it has something to do with our brainwaves synching with the people around us?
The brainwaves of music listeners synchronise better when they attend a concert, demonstrating that people enjoy music more when it’s live and experienced as part of a group, according to a new study.
Hot on the heels of recent research from the UK that revealed going to concerts is better for one’s wellbeing than doing yoga, scientists in Canada have found when individuals attend a live show and listen to music as a group, their brainwaves synchronise, or entrain – a bond that indicates each individual is having a better time as part of a collective.
The findings are a reminder that humans are social creatures, says neuroscientist Jessica Grahn, a professor in the Brain and Mind Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, who co-led the study.
Using McMaster’s LIVELab concert hall, Dr Grahn’s research team hired a band to perform for 24 participants in the audience, simultaneously measuring their brainwave data while also taking motion captures of how people move to both live and recorded music, according to Neuroscience News.
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