The Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave. Mount Carmel, Haifa, 3498838, Israel.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA.
Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 13;9(1):1894. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37141-1.
Because the oxytocinergic (OT) system has previously been linked to regulation of complex social cognition and behavior, we examined whether intranasal administration of OT would modulate synchronization during a real-life dance paradigm. The current study examined pairs of friends while dancing after intranasal administration of OT or placebo. Motion tracking software and a computational model were utilized to measure synchrony between the partners as manifested in the velocity of their movements. In line with our predictions, OT increased synchrony between partners. This effect was stronger for individuals with higher trait empathy scores. We concluded that the OT system plays an important role in promoting interpersonal synchrony during dance, suggesting that OT underlies the kinesthetic dimension of empathy. Although the biological mechanisms underlying empathy have been studied extensively, scientifically validated knowledge about the kinesthetic dimension of empathy is still lacking. The current study supports the hypothesis that interpersonal synchronization in body movement could be a marker of kinesthetic empathy.
由于催产素能系统先前与复杂社会认知和行为的调节有关，我们研究了鼻内给予催产素是否会调节现实生活中的舞蹈范式中的同步性。当前的研究在鼻内给予催产素或安慰剂后，检查了一对朋友跳舞的情况。运动跟踪软件和计算模型用于测量伙伴之间的同步性，表现为他们运动的速度。与我们的预测一致，催产素增加了伴侣之间的同步性。对于具有较高特质同理心得分的个体，这种效果更强。我们得出结论，催产素能系统在促进舞蹈过程中的人际同步方面发挥着重要作用，这表明催产素是同理心的动觉维度的基础。尽管已经广泛研究了同理心的生物学机制，但对于同理心的动觉维度的科学验证知识仍然缺乏。本研究支持这样的假设，即身体运动中的人际同步可能是动觉同理心的一个标志。
