{"title":"The Biophysical and Emotional Effects of Dancing with a Partner","authors":"Emily Lobosco","doi":"10.32473/ufjur.25.133415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32473/ufjur.25.133415","url":null,"abstract":"The research on dance's emotional and biophysical effects on a person has expanded to include numerous studies. However, little evidence presents the correlation between dance partner-work – involving both proximal and physical interaction – and the body's response. Recently, the limitations of engaging in partner-work due to COVID-19's social distancing measures created a heightened interest in this area of research. With this, an experimental study was conducted to explore potential correlations between partner dancing and the body. The main research question of this study asked how a dancer’s anxiety correlates with the degree of human connection throughout a choreographed duet. The methodology included recording biophysical data from two dancers as they performed a choreographed duet. Wearable technology measured each dancer's temperature, muscle contraction, heartbeat, electromyography, and spatial information. Brain function was also measured via a fourteen-channel EEG headset that allowed for whole-brain sensing. This data was recorded as the dancers moved together and independently from each other to compare the effects of varying degrees of contact on the body. To generate additional data, the anxiety levels of each subject were quantified through survey responses after they danced. Preliminary results support the assumption that proximal and physical interaction levels during dance directly impact a person's physical and emotional state. This study highlights the need and potential implications for additional research on brain-body responses to partner movement in dance.","PeriodicalId":92815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of undergraduate research (Gainesville, Fla.)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Show Me Who You Respect and I Will Tell You What Your Culture Is","authors":"None Dylan Gomez, Marina Klimenko","doi":"10.32473/ufjur.25.133476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32473/ufjur.25.133476","url":null,"abstract":"Television shows can vary greatly between cultures, and it is possible that they may display what moral values are most important to a culture. In order to evaluate whether this is true the first author conducted a content analysis of the valence of moral values in French and Spanish television shows. This study analyzed the French show “Lupin” and the Spanish show “La Casa de Papel” which are both from the genre of crime and evaluated the valence of how the moral values of group loyalty and respect were depicted. Based on data from previous studies, the hypothesis was that the Spanish show would portray group loyalty as positive more often than the French show and would portray respect for authority negatively more often than the French show. The hypothesis was supported with regard to respect for authority, but not group loyalty which suggests that the hypothesis could be true but further research would be needed.","PeriodicalId":92815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of undergraduate research (Gainesville, Fla.)","volume":"223 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136143100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}