Bouncing helps people move in sync during dance, study shows

At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what helps people move to the same rhythm the most is bouncing, a simple movement that acts as a facilitator of synchronization among people. This is the result that has emerged from studies conducted by researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT; Italian Institute of Technology) in Rome to understand the mechanisms that guide synchronous movements in dance. The origin of this discovery could be linked to the bouncing that humans experience as infants through the movement of maternal walking.