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The study of emotional contagion: Anderson, Cameron, Dacher Keltner, and Oliver P. John. “Emotional Convergence between People over Time.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 84 (2003): 1054–68.

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synchronized social behaviors during childhood: Tomasello, Michael. Becoming Human. A Theory of Ontogeny. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.

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a collective consciousness: Paul, Annie M. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking outside of the Brain. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. This book provides an excellent discussion of the philosophy and new science related to the idea that our minds’ operations don’t solely reside within the skull but extend to the context and environment.

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This convergence in mind: Rimé, Bernard, Dario Páez, Nekane Basabe, and Francisco Martínez. “Social Sharing of Emotion, Post-traumatic Growth, and Emotional Climate: Follow-Up of Spanish Citizen’s Response to the Collective Trauma of March 11th Terrorist Attacks in Madrid.” European Journal of Social Psychology 40 (2010): 1029–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.700.

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Our evolutionary shift: Solnit, Rebecca. Wanderlust: A History of Walking. New York: Penguin, 2001.

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our actions within a human wave:

Hill, Michael R. Walking, Crossing Streets and Choosing Pedestrian Routes: A Survey of Recent Insights from the Social/Behavioral Sciences (University of Nebraska Studies, no. 66). Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1984.

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study of walking in unison: Jackson, Joshua C., Jonathan Jong, David Bilkey, Harvey Whitehouse, Stefanie Zollmann, Craig McNaughton, and Jamin Halberstadt. “Synchrony and Physiological Arousal Increase Cohesion and Cooperation in Large Naturalistic Groups.” Science Reports 8 (2018): 127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18023-4.

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Walking in unison gives rise: Collective movement also can generate, in certain conditions, more conformity and less creative thought, it’s worth noting. Gelfand, Michele J., Nava Caluori, Joshua C. Jackson, and Morgan K. Taylor. “The Cultural Evolutionary Trade-Off of Ritualistic Synchrony.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375 (2020): 20190432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0432.

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Celebrants spoke of being part: Khan, Sammy S., Nick Hopkins, Stephen Reicher, Shruti Tewari, Narayanan Srinivasan, and Clifford Stevenson. “How Collective Participation Impacts Social Identity: A Longitudinal Study from India.” Political Psychology 37 (2016): 309–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12260.

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military units marching: McNeill, William H. Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008.

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cultural history of walking:

Solnit. Wanderlust.

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awe-like form of consciousness: Sturm, Virginia E., et al. “Big Smile, Small Self: Awe Walks Promote Prosocial Positive Emotions in Older Adults.” Emotion. September 2020. Advance online publication, https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000876.

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We were simply naming: O’Mara, Shane O. In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration. New York: W. W. Norton, 2019. This book provides a compelling synthesis of all the mental and physical benefits of walking.

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