Making music together opens a unique route for inter-personal synchronisation that facilititates social bonding. This inter-personal synchronisation is enabled via the release of dopamine and oxytocine – hormones associated with reward and bonding, and via neural co-activation and synchronisation of brain networks implicated in social interaction, empathy and mentalising.

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Background artwork: Bryan Christie Design Overlay design: Dr. David M. Greenberg. Article Source: Neuroscience News