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LIVELab Publications

Cortical oscillations are modified by expertise in dance and music: Evidence from live dance audience.
Poikonen, H.Tervaniemi, M., & Trainor, L. (2024). European Journal of Neuroscience

An itsy bitsy audience: Live performance facilitates infants’ attention and heart rate synchronization.
Kragness, H. E., Eitel, M. J., Anantharajan, F., Gaudette-Leblanc, A., Berezowska, B., & Cirelli, L. K. (2023).
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication.

Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing at a live concert.
Cameron, D. J., Dotov, D., Flaten, E., Bosnyak, D., Hove, M. J., & Trainor, L. J. (2022).
Current Biology

Creating a shared musical interpretation: Changes in coordination dynamics while learning unfamiliar music together.

Wood, E. A., Chang, A., Bosnyak, D., Klein, L., Baraku, E., Dotov, D., & Trainor, L. J. (2022).
Annals of the New York Academy of Science

Collective music listening: Movement energy is enhanced by groove and visual social cues

Dotov, D., Bosnyak, D., & Trainor, L. J. (2021)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Body sway predicts romantic interest in speed dating

Chang, A., Kragness, H. E., Tsou, W., Bosnyak, D. J., Thiede, A., Trainor, L. J. (2020)
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Individualized pattern recognition for detecting mind wandering from EEG during live lectures

Dhindsa, K., Acai, A., Wagner, N., Bosynak, D., Kelly, S., Bhandari, M., Petrisor, B., Sonnadara, R. R. (2019)
Plos One

Body sway reflects joint emotional expression in music ensemble performance. 

Chang, A., Kragness, H. E., Livingstone, S. R., Bosnyak, D. J., & Trainor, L. J. (2019)
Scientific Reports

Lay Summary by Carine Bekdache

How Live Music Moves Us: Head Movement Differences in Audiences to Live Versus Recorded Music

Swarbrick, D., Bosnyak, D., Livingstone, S. R., Bansal, J., Marsh-Rollo, S., Woolhouse, M. H., & Trainor, L. J. (2019)
Frontiers in Psychology

Multi-person and multisensory synchronization during group dancing

Chauvigné, L. A., Walton, A., Richardson, M. J., & Brown, S. (2019)
Human Movement Science

Body sway reflects leadership in joint music performance

Chang, A., Livingstone, S. R., Bosnyak, D. J., & Trainor, L. J. (2017)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences