Group pulse cycles reveal individual attention lapses.

Evidence

Typically reaction time for an individual is one-tenth of a second so if there are 20 people in the circle, the time for one cycle should be about 2 seconds. Notice the lapses in attention as the pulse speeds up and slows down. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 268

Categorization

• XREF: Demonstrates attention-dependent rhythm perception core to mindfulness and mediation contexts — connects to: Instructions induce attention processes that deepen with repeated group experience — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 283; Group rhythm practice advances from felt heartbeat to polyrhythmic composition. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 113; Shared synchronous ritual synchronizes the heart rates of participants and their kin — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 380
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 268

Broader Connections

• Instructions induce attention processes that deepen with repeated group experience #complicates (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 283