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entrainment

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entrainment /en·train·ment/ (en-trān´ment)
1. a technique for identifying the slowest pacing necessary to terminate an arrhythmia, particularly atrial flutter.
2. the synchronization and control of cardiac rhythm by an external stimulus.
Entrainment
The patterning of body processes and movements to the rhythm of music
Mentioned in: Music Therapy
entrainment
[entrān′mənt]
Etymology: Fr, entrainer, to drag along
a phenomenon observed in the microanalysis of sound films in which the speaker moves several parts of the body and the listener responds by moving in ways that are coordinated with the rhythm of the sounds. Infants have been observed to move in time to the rhythms of adult speech but not to random noises or disconnected words or vowels. Entrainment is thought to be an essential factor in the process of maternal-infant bonding.
entrainment (en·trānˑ·mnt),
n rhythmic synchronization of two or more beats.


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