Embodied groove–synchrony model: movement context reshapes groove–synchrony coupling and its dominant timescale
Frontiers in Psychology May 15, 2026 Hiroko Tanabe, Minami Nakajima, Mai Shiratori et al.
IntroductionGroove—the pleasurable urge to move to music—is commonly theorized to arise from embodied engagement with rhythmic structure, particularly through entrained bodily movement. However, it remains unclear how different movement contexts shape the relationship between groove experience and auditory–motor synchronization, and whether stronger synchronization uniformly enhances groove....