| Music and social bonding:" self-other" merging and neurohormonal mechanisms. B Tarr, J Launay, RI Dunbar Frontiers in psychology 5, 1096-1096, 2014 | 619 | 2014 |
| The ice-breaker effect: Singing mediates fast social bonding E Pearce, J Launay, RIM Dunbar Royal Society open science 2 (10), 150221, 2015 | 526 | 2015 |
| Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding B Tarr, J Launay, E Cohen, R Dunbar Biology letters 11 (10), 20150767, 2015 | 432 | 2015 |
| Silent disco: dancing in synchrony leads to elevated pain thresholds and social closeness B Tarr, J Launay, RIM Dunbar Evolution and Human Behavior 37 (5), 343-349, 2016 | 365 | 2016 |
| Group music performance causes elevated pain thresholds and social bonding in small and large groups of singers D Weinstein, J Launay, E Pearce, RIM Dunbar, L Stewart Evolution and human behavior: official journal of the Human Behavior and …, 2016 | 358* | 2016 |
| Synchronization can influence trust following virtual interaction J Launay, RT Dean, F Bailes Experimental psychology, 2013 | 229 | 2013 |
| Synchrony as an adaptive mechanism for large‐scale human social bonding J Launay, B Tarr, RIM Dunbar Ethology 122 (10), 779-789, 2016 | 224 | 2016 |
| Joint attention, shared goals, and social bonding W Wolf, J Launay, RIM Dunbar British Journal of Psychology 107 (2), 322-337, 2016 | 143 | 2016 |
| Singing together or apart: Can singing overcome social boundaries between groups? E Pearce, J Launay, M van Duijn, A Rotkirch, T David-Barrett, RIM Dunbar Psychology of Music 1, 19, 2016 | 120* | 2016 |
| Synchronising movements with the sounds of a virtual partner enhances partner likeability J Launay, RT Dean, F Bailes Cognitive Processing, 1-11, 2014 | 112 | 2014 |
| Is group singing special? Health, well‐being and social bonds in community‐based adult education classes E Pearce, J Launay, A Machin, RIM Dunbar Journal of community & applied social psychology 26 (6), 518-533, 2016 | 105 | 2016 |
| An agenda for best practice research on group singing, health, and well-being GA Dingle, S Clift, S Finn, R Gilbert, JM Groarke, JY Irons, AJ Bartoli, ... Music & Science 2, 2059204319861719, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| Tuning in to others: Exploring relational and collective bonding in singing and non-singing groups over time E Pearce, J Launay, P MacCarron, RIM Dunbar Psychology of Music 45 (4), 496-512, 2017 | 96 | 2017 |
| Functional Benefits of (Modest) Alcohol Consumption RIM Dunbar, J Launay, R Wlodarski, C Robertson, E Pearce, J Carney, ... Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 1-16, 2017 | 95 | 2017 |
| Playing with strangers: which shared traits attract us most to new people? J Launay, RIM Dunbar PloS one 10 (6), e0129688, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| Naltrexone blocks endorphins released when dancing in synchrony B Tarr, J Launay, C Benson, RIM Dunbar Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 3, 241-254, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Higher-order mentalising and executive functioning J Launay, E Pearce, R Wlodarski, M van Duijn, J Carney, RIM Dunbar Personality and individual differences 86, 6-14, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| The complexity of jokes is limited by cognitive constraints on mentalizing RIM Dunbar, J Launay, O Curry Human Nature 27, 130-140, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| Increased wellbeing from social interaction in a secular congregation M Price, J Launay Ubiquity Press, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Dysrhythmia: a specific congenital rhythm perception deficit J Launay, M Grube, L Stewart Frontiers in Psychology 5, 18, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
