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Social bonding through dance and ‘musiking’

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Humans’ social agency manifests within large, interconnected social networks. These networks are established and maintained via a number of group behavioral practices including sports, religious ritual, language, and music-based activities. This chapter explores the example of dance—movement to music—as a ubiquitous and ancient human activity which may serve the important adaptive function of facilitating the creation and strengthening of social bonds between interacting group members. This “...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190457204.003.0016

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-3724-7958

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Oxford University Press
Host title:
Distributed Agency
Pages:
151-158
Publication date:
2017-01-10
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019045721X
ISBN-13:
9780190457211
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pubs:677373
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uuid:65bd736e-1eb3-465b-ae90-aa65ba7ddd11
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pubs:677373
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677373
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2017-02-08

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