The rhythms and melodies produced by Amadinda players are so intricate that they seem impossible to produce (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJzWOC--ixc). Research on inter-limb coordination has shown that maintaining such intricate coordination at a high tempo is indeed almost impossible. Amadinda players however distribute their melodies and rhythms across performers in a certain way that might hint at how unusual coordination patterns are achieved in joint music-making and other joint actions.

The Social Mind and Body Lab's 8th bi-annual Joint Action Meeting (JAM) was held in Genoa, Italy on July 10-13, 2019. More than 150 cognitive scientists and researchers came together from related disciplines studying individuals’ ability to act together. 

The conference was co-organized by the Central European University, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and Università degli Studi di Genova.