The project

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The Hive Mind Project is exploring what happens in the brains of people when they are sharing a powerful experience.  Does a group or crowd of people who are “in one mind” transform into a single cognitive system like bees in a hive, as the phrase suggests? And do separate brains become entrained with each other, blurring the normal distinction between individuals and creating a communal intent?

We are using EEG brain monitoring to test this idea, starting with people in the audience of a major dramatic event, the latest production from Theatre de Complicite, The Encounter.

Hive Mind project leader Rita Carter explains here how it came about.

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