Bronwyn Tarr

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bronwyn Tarr is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Bronwyn Tarr has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Social Psychology, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Bronwyn Tarr's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (4 papers). Bronwyn Tarr is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (4 papers). Bronwyn Tarr collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Sri Lanka. Bronwyn Tarr's co-authors include Robin Dunbar, Jacques Launay, Emma Cohen, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Adena Schachner, Psyche Loui, Patrick E. Savage, Luke Glowacki, Steven Mithen and Mel Slater and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Bronwyn Tarr

11 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Music as a coevolved system for social bonding 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Music as a coevolved system for social bonding
    2020 236 citations Patrick E. Savage, Psyche Loui et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bronwyn Tarr United Kingdom 9 790 695 282 170 134 11 1.2k
Laura K. Cirelli Canada 16 579 0.7× 828 1.2× 215 0.8× 179 1.1× 82 0.6× 33 1.2k
Jacques Launay United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.6× 940 1.4× 428 1.5× 291 1.7× 280 2.1× 29 1.9k
Stephen Malloch Australia 9 449 0.6× 485 0.7× 157 0.6× 275 1.6× 48 0.4× 14 1.0k
César F. Lima Portugal 25 470 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 595 2.1× 256 1.5× 43 0.3× 61 1.8k
Ivana Konvalinka Denmark 17 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 317 1.1× 44 0.3× 216 1.6× 32 1.8k
Katie Overy United Kingdom 20 727 0.9× 1.6k 2.3× 377 1.3× 573 3.4× 116 0.9× 48 2.1k
Roni Granot Israel 17 328 0.4× 779 1.1× 394 1.4× 153 0.9× 18 0.1× 42 1.1k
Psyche Loui United States 30 616 0.8× 2.2k 3.1× 729 2.6× 503 3.0× 34 0.3× 80 2.5k
Beatriz Ilari United States 20 328 0.4× 687 1.0× 78 0.3× 552 3.2× 37 0.3× 58 1.1k
R. Michael Brown United States 20 454 0.6× 674 1.0× 271 1.0× 74 0.4× 272 2.0× 43 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bronwyn Tarr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bronwyn Tarr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bronwyn Tarr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bronwyn Tarr based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bronwyn Tarr. Bronwyn Tarr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Tarr, Bronwyn & Robin Dunbar. (2023). The evolutionary role of dance: Group bonding but not prosocial altruism.. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. 18(4). 372–385. 5 indexed citations
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Dunbar, Robin, et al.. (2021). Cochlear SGN neurons elevate pain thresholds in response to music. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14547–14547. 8 indexed citations
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Savage, Patrick E., Psyche Loui, Bronwyn Tarr, et al.. (2021). Toward inclusive theories of the evolution of musicality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 44. e121–e121. 21 indexed citations
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Savage, Patrick E., Psyche Loui, Bronwyn Tarr, et al.. (2020). Music as a coevolved system for social bonding. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 44. e59–e59. 236 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tarr, Bronwyn, Mel Slater, & Emma Cohen. (2018). Synchrony and social connection in immersive Virtual Reality. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3693–3693. 89 indexed citations
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Tarr, Bronwyn, et al.. (2017). Rapid partner switching may facilitate increased broadcast group size in dance compared with conversation groups. Ethology. 123(10). 736–747. 8 indexed citations
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Tarr, Bronwyn, et al.. (2017). ‘Naltrexone Blocks Endorphins Released when Dancing in Synchrony’. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 3(3). 241–254. 39 indexed citations
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Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, & Robin Dunbar. (2016). Silent disco: dancing in synchrony leads to elevated pain thresholds and social closeness. Evolution and Human Behavior. 37(5). 343–349. 198 indexed citations
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Launay, Jacques, Bronwyn Tarr, & Robin Dunbar. (2016). Synchrony as an Adaptive Mechanism for Large‐Scale Human Social Bonding. Ethology. 122(10). 779–789. 132 indexed citations
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Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, Emma Cohen, & Robin Dunbar. (2015). Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding. Biology Letters. 11(10). 219 indexed citations
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Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, & Robin Dunbar. (2014). Music and social bonding: “self-other†merging and neurohormonal mechanisms. Frontiers in Psychology. 5. 1096–1096. 290 indexed citations

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