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People at the theater show remarkably similar brain activity, according to new research. A new study reveals that watching films synchronize human brains and makes our brains react to it immediately in a way similar to the brains of other people.

Finnish scientists at Aalto University developed a method fast enough to observe immediate changes in the function of the brain. By employing this technique, researchers were able to see the function of the human brain in experimental conditions similar to natural conditions, according to researchers.

In the past, neuroscientists were only able to observe brain activity as people view simple stimuli like checkerboard patterns or single images.

Researchers explained that viewing a movie creates multilevel changes in the brain function. The study found that movies generated remarkably similar brain activity patterns across different people, even at the time scale of fractions of seconds. Researchers said this is surprising because movies are especially complex stimulus.

The latest findings revealed important similarities between brain signals of different people during movie viewing. Researchers explained that these synchronized brain signals were found in brain regions linked to early-stage processing of visual stimuli, detection of movement and persons, motor coordination and cognitive functions.

The findings are published in the journal NeuroImage.