How to orchestrate a soccer team: Generalized synchronization promoted by rhythmic acoustic stimuli

Interpersonal coordination requires precise actions concerted in space and time in a self-organized manner. We found, using soccer teams as a testing ground, that a common timeframe provided by adequate acoustic stimuli improves the interplay between teammates. We provide quantitative evidence that...

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Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience 2022-07, Vol.16, p.909939-909939
Main Authors: Müller, Manfred A., Martínez-Guerrero, Antonieta, Corsi-Cabrera, Maria, Effenberg, Alfred O., Friedrich, Armin, Garcia-Madrid, Ignacio, Hornschuh, Matthias, Schmitz, Gerd, Müller, Markus F.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Communication
dynamic attention theory
entrainment
Experiments
Football
generalized synchronization
interpersonal coordination
Music
Neural networks
Neuroscience
Physical training
Rhythm
rhythmic acoustic stimuli and cognition
Rhythms
Soccer
Social interaction
Synchronization
tempo preference
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Summary:Interpersonal coordination requires precise actions concerted in space and time in a self-organized manner. We found, using soccer teams as a testing ground, that a common timeframe provided by adequate acoustic stimuli improves the interplay between teammates. We provide quantitative evidence that the connectivity between teammates and the scoring rate of male soccer teams improve significantly when playing under the influence of an appropriate acoustic environment. Unexpectedly, female teams do not show any improvement under the same experimental conditions. We show by follow-up experiments that the acoustic rhythm modulates the attention level of the participants with a pronounced tempo preference and a marked gender difference in the preferred tempo. These results lead to a consistent explanation in terms of the dynamical system theory, nonlinear resonances, and dynamic attention theory, which may illuminate generic mechanisms of the brain dynamics and may have an impact on the design of novel training strategies in team sports.
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2022.909939