THE JOYSPAN EXPERIMENT.

Where Science Meets Joy and Human Connection

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A global open-science project to measure joy, synchrony, and human connection — and to understand how they shape healthspan, resilience and flourishing.

For centuries, humans have gathered to dance, move, and celebrate together. Today, neuroscience is finally catching up with what culture has always known: human connection and synchrony is medicine.

The Joyspan Experiment is the research engine behind Longevity Rave — a multi-year scientific programme studying how rhythm, movement, and shared energy affect the brain, the heart, the immune system, and our long-term resilience.

We use cutting-edge tools — from mobile brain EEG tracking to cutting-edge longevity biomarkers — to understand how joy moves through a group, how it spreads, and how it transforms us.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND JOYSPAN.

The Joyspan experiment is a ‘social exposome’ project that sits inside the broader Human Exposome Project — the totality of environmental, social, sensory, and behavioural inputs that shape healthspan.

In our studies, we intentionally shape these inputs — sound, light, tempo, spacing, and social cues — to train the nervous system toward safety, connection, and co-regulation.

Based on the Longevity Rave study protocol we focus on:

  • Movement synchrony via IMUs (Phase-Locking Value)

  • Cardiac co-regulation via ECG cross-correlation (not HRV during dance)

  • Neural synchrony via single-ear AWEAR EEG (ISC + ITPC)

  • Autonomic recovery via next-day HRV

  • Biomarkers: BDNF (neuroplasticity), CRP (inflammation), GDF15 (mitochondrial stress/recovery), exploratory oxytocin

These data streams will help us build the world’s first Joyspan Score — a scientific metric for collective joy and its downstream benefits for resilience, flourishing, and health.

PILOT STUDY:

Frontier Towers (San Francisco)

4-9 December 2025 – MVP Feasibility Pilot

We are piloting the first Joyspan protocol at Frontier Towers, working with 20 volunteers to test wearable EEG, movement synchrony, recovery, and emotional dynamics in real time.

This feasibility study includes:

Two event conditions (within-subject crossover):

  1. Control Social Mixer

    • ≤110 BPM

    • Neutral lighting (no rhythmic modulation)

    • No synchrony cues

    • Social mingling

  2. Longevity Rave (Science Rave)

    • Tiered BPM arc for synchrony

    • Sound + light designed for co-regulation

    • Guided micro-rituals (breath, sway, mirroring)

    • Sober protocol (T−24h → T+48h)

Every participant receives:

  • AWEAR mobile brain-EEG session

  • A free BLEO stress+recovery wearable

  • Premium access to Humanity biological-age app

  • First look at their emotional and synchrony patterns

  • Participation in a global open-science movement
    Click here to view the Frontier Towers Study Flyer