RETRACTED ARTICLE: Choral harmony: the role of collective singing in ritual, cultural identity and cognitive-affective synchronisation in the age of AI
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Abstract
Purpose: This study examines how choral singing functions as a mechanism for sustaining ritual practice and reinforcing cultural identity. By integrating perspectives from musicology, social psychology, and cognitive science, it explores how collective vocal performance supports emotional attunement, group cohesion, and symbolic memory in culturally diverse contexts.Materials and Methods: A mixed-methods approach was applied, combining ethnographic observation, survey-based data, and cognitive measures with AI-informed frameworks such as voice emotion recognition and neural synchrony modeling. Case studies included Anglican cathedral choirs, Tibetan Buddhist chant groups, and Indigenous community choirs in Northern Canada.Results: Findings demonstrate that choral structures—such as harmonic entrainment and rhythmic alignment—foster affective convergence, enhance psychological resilience, and strengthen group synchrony. Participation in choir singing was also shown to increase self–other overlap and reinforce cultural continuity across traditions.Conclusions: The study affirms choral singing as both a symbolic and embodied practice of shared identity in the algorithmic era. It highlights the potential for AI-informed feedback systems to contribute to participatory music education and communal healing, providing a theoretical foundation and data reference for future interdisciplinary applications.
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- Venue
- Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology
- Topic
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Field
- Neuroscience
- Canadian institutions
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- Funders
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- Keywords
- ChoirEmbodied cognitionSingingIdentity (music)Foundation (evidence)Cultural identityCitizen journalismPerformance practice
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