Entrainment
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Synopsis
| Changing the player’s internal rhythms through acoustic stimulation, eventually inducing emotions and behaviour. |
Relationships
Contexts:
Emotional Script 
, Trance 
, R-A-E-D Iterations 
, Relaxation 
, Anticipation 
, Engagement 
, Decay 
, Window of Opportunity 
, Hurry Up! 
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May use:
Music 
, Play the Beat File:M385px-PlayTheBeat-front-v20.png, Heartbeat 
, Breath 
, Footsteps 
, Foley 
, Ambiance 
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Description
Entrainment can be used to support the maintenance or the change of emotional states, by influencing the player to progressively move from one state of resonance into another. Sound is one prominent way to implement entrainment, benefiting from the way humans resonate to auditory stimuli. The principles of entrainment and resonance have been exploited by music through the ages [5, 21, 35].
Examples
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External Resources
First presentation of the pattern Entrainment in 'A Pattern Language for Sound Design in Games' (Alves & Roque, 2009) On Entrainment:
- Augoyard, J.-F. and Torgue, H. 2005. Sonic Experience: A Guide to Everyday Sounds. McGill-Queens University Press.
- Leeds, J. 2001. The Power of Sound. Healing Arts Press, Vermont.
- Sonnenschein, D. 2001. Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema. Michael Wiese Productions, Seattle/US.
