ABSTRACT

Apit Hemakom,a,d Katarzyna Powezka,b Valentin Goverdovsky,a

Cooperative human activities require high degrees of mental and

physical synchronisation among multiple participants, to the extent

that synchrony underpins performance level in activities such

as choir singing, playing music in an ensemble, rowing, flying

an airplane with a co-pilot, or performing surgical procedures.

When it comes to quantifying the degree of synchronisation

among participants, synchrony in physiological responses has been

reported in respiration and heart rate variability (HRV) among the

choir members (Hemakom et al., 2016; Vickhoff et al., 2013).