“Once the individuals are gathered”
: Alexander, Jeffrey C., and Philip Smith, eds.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
Burning Man
: Ehrenreich, Barbara.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
report suffering from loneliness
: For a synthesis of statistics like these, see: Murthy, Vivek H.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
This dissolving of our sense
: Eisenberger, Naomi I., and Matthew D. Lieberman. “Why Rejection Hurts: A Common Neural Alarm System for Physical and Social Pain.”GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
In his 1912 work
: Durkheim, Émile.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
our social inhibitions
: Zimbardo, Philip G. “The Human Choice: Individuation, Reason, and Order versus Deindividuation, Impulse, and Chaos.” InGO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
Like ocean waves
: Fisher, Len.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
heavy metal show
: Silverberg, Jesse L., Matthew Bierbaum, James P. Sethna, and Itai Cohen. “Collective Motion of Humans in Mosh and Circle Pits at Heavy Metal Concerts.”GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
four-month-olds mirror
: Bernieri, Frank, and Rachel Rosenthal. “Coordinated Movement in Human Interaction.” InGO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
As adults, we mirror
: Lakin, Jessica, Valerie Jefferis, Clara Cheng, and Tanya Chartrand. “The Chameleon Effect as Social Glue: Evidence for the Evolutionary Significance of Nonconscious Mimicry.”GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
“porosity” of human bodies
: Gay, Ross.GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
our biological rhythms synchronize
: McClintock, Martha K. “Synchronizing Ovarian and Birth Cycles by Female Pheromones.” InGO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
Sports fans’ heart rhythms
: Maughan, Ronald, and Michael Gleeson. “Heart Rate and Salivary Cortisol Responses in Armchair Football Supporters.”GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT
villagers in San Pedro Manrique
: Konvalinka, Ivana, Dimitris Xygalatas, Joseph Bulbulia, Uffe Schjødt, Else-Marie Jegindø, Sebastian Wallot, Guy Van Orden, and Andreas Roepstorff. “Synchronized Arousal between Performers and Related Spectators in a Fire-Walking Ritual.”GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT