Launay, Jacques

Music and social bonding: “self-other” merging and neurohormonal mechanisms

Tarr, B., Launay, J., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2014) · Frontiers in Psychology

Neuroscience and Music PerceptionAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 548

The ice-breaker effect: Singing mediates fast social bonding

Pearce, E., Launay, J., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2015) · Royal Society Open Science

Neuroscience and Music PerceptionMusic Therapy and Health

Cited by 507

Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding

Tarr, B., Launay, J., Cohen, E., & Dunbar, R. (2015) · Biology Letters

Action Observation and SynchronizationDiversity and Impact of Dance

Cited by 367

Silent disco: dancing in synchrony leads to elevated pain thresholds and social closeness

Tarr, B., Launay, J., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2016) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Action Observation and SynchronizationDiversity and Impact of Dance

Cited by 341

Singing and social bonding: changes in connectivity and pain threshold as a function of group size

Weinstein, D., Launay, J., Pearce, E., Dunbar, R. I. M., & Stewart, L. (2016) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Neuroscience and Music PerceptionMusic Therapy and Health

Cited by 275

Synchronization Can Influence Trust Following Virtual Interaction

Launay, J., Dean, R. T., & Bailes, F. (2013) · Experimental Psychology

Action Observation and SynchronizationSocial Robot Interaction and HRI

Cited by 184

Synchronising movements with the sounds of a virtual partner enhances partner likeability

Launay, J., Dean, R. T., & Bailes, F. (2014) · Cognitive Processing

Action Observation and SynchronizationNeuroscience and Music Perception

Cited by 91

Playing with Strangers: Which Shared Traits Attract Us Most to New People?

Launay, J., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2015) · PLOS ONE

Social and Intergroup PsychologyDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 65

‘Naltrexone Blocks Endorphins Released when Dancing in Synchrony’

Tarr, B., Launay, J., Benson, C., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2017) · Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

Diversity and Impact of DanceAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 48