Preparation Activity Research Articles

Features of training for female military officers of military institutions of higher education. Abstract

It is known that the success of military- professional activity depends on the peculiarities of the learning and upbringing process, which must be built not only on the basis of general psychological and pedagogical laws, but also taking into account certain methods of influence that correspond to the characteristics of cadets. Today's conditions, changes in the directions of military and professional activity and the conditions for conducting combat operations by servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the state against the aggressor of the Russian Federation require from hand-to-hand combat the improvement of the set of means for training, education and formation of soldiers in technical, tactical, physical and mental readiness for actions in difficult conditions of close combat.
 The article presents the main results of experimental research on the testing in real conditions of the educational process of the proposed experimental program for training female servicemen in hand-to-hand combat, which are used during practical classes in accordance with the training program at the VZVO (Lviv) during the academic year. The purpose of the experimental training program for female servicemen was to prepare cadets for hand-to-hand combat and self-defense. The program is designed for the period of study at the VZVO: in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years - study and training of techniques and actions, in the 4th and 5th years - improvement of previously learned techniques and actions of hand-to-hand combat with the inclusion of a section in various forms of physical preparation

Solidarity with Ukrainian war refugees in Polanders’ epistolary narratives (based on the study of southern and eastern regions of Poland)

Bordering Ukraine, Poland has become the main escape channel for refugees fleeing from the disastrous war since its inception on 24 February 2022. The results of the study prove that the future of societies can be determined by the importance currently assigned to solidarity. The scale of support and assistance provided spontaneously by individuals and social movements in Poland over the last year has exceeded expectations and confirmed the feasibility of a tremendous potential of solidarity being dormant in Polish society as well as a readiness for selfless and effective actions. This research objective is to gain an insight into Poles’ understanding of the hardships of the war, as well as the motives and emotional involvement driving their support for Ukrainian citizens. In parallel to that, the article examines the issue of bottom-up initiatives of solidarity from the perspective of the refugee influx. This research, which is qualitative in nature, is grounded on the technique of an epistolary narrative analysis of 43 letters written by Poles to unknown Ukrainians. Such qualitative methodology is characterized by typical limitations of this type of research (for example, little generalization is possible due to the size of the sample). However, the findings show that, through spontaneous solidarity and support, disapproval of the aggressor, admiration and gratitude to Ukrainian soldiers, the potential of the messages has boosted the rapprochement of the bonds between the two nations and alleviated the historical conflicts. The solidarity identified stands out and should be distinguished from any other crisis related to refugee phenomena as well as deserving further research from various perspectives.

Activity map of a cortico-cerebellar loop underlying motor planning

The neocortex and cerebellum interact to mediate cognitive functions. It remains unknown how the two structures organize into functional networks to mediate specific behaviors. Here we delineate activity supporting motor planning in relation to the mesoscale cortico-cerebellar connectome. In mice planning directional licking based on short-term memory, preparatory activity instructing future movement depends on the anterior lateral motor cortex (ALM) and the cerebellum. Transneuronal tracing revealed divergent and largely open-loop connectivity between the ALM and distributed regions of the cerebellum. A cerebellum-wide survey of neuronal activity revealed enriched preparatory activity in hotspot regions with conjunctive input–output connectivity to the ALM. Perturbation experiments show that the conjunction regions were required for maintaining preparatory activity and correct subsequent movement. Other cerebellar regions contributed little to motor planning despite input or output connectivity to the ALM. These results identify a functional cortico-cerebellar loop and suggest the cerebellar cortex selectively establishes reciprocal cortico-cerebellar communications to orchestrate motor planning.

“Someday it will be better again”: upper-secondary student athletes’ experiences of schoolwork and sport 7 and 14 months after the COVID-19 outbreak

ABSTRACT Globally, educational systems were thoroughly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Upper-secondary students were faced with school closures and distance education. For student-athletes, the COVID-19 pandemic, besides academic stress, also contributed to sports-related stress. In this paper, we explore upper-secondary school student athletes’ experiences of schoolwork and sport during two phases of the pandemic. A qualitative research design was used, and 53 student-athletes participated in focus group interviews. Three themes appeared: Struggling to cope with the new life situation, Reevaluating and longing for social life, and Speeding up the transition to adulthood. The themes were elucidated from temporal perspectives. The students experienced challenges in handling school, sports, and social life, but they also experienced opportunities for personal development. Student-athletes are a common responsibility between schools and sports, and, based on the results, schools and sports in collaboration need to increase readiness for action when major societal challenges, such as pandemics, occur.

Building functional warm-up routines in basketball: a narrative review of literature

Warming up is a crucial preparatory activity used in training sessions and games. Therefore, the aim of this investigation is to examine the construction of functional basketball warm-up routines through a narrative literature review. Four electronic databases were consulted (MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scielo and LILACS), where 47 articles were selected that discussed warm-up routines in basketball and team sports, as well as 09 textbooks in the field of sports training and physiology of the exercise. A well-designed warm-up promotes optimization in performance and prevents the appearance of injuries. However, there are multiple choices for building warm-up routines. Thus, the structuring of a warm-up should take into account the basic methodological aspects for them to be effective, such as: duration, intensity, adopted exercises, sequence of tasks, use of additional equipment, number of routines and recovery interval. Also, in basketball, the critical times to implement warm-ups are training sessions, game days, in-game re-warm-up, and half-time re-warm-up. Each of these points requires a distinct didactic-pedagogical approach in warm-up procedures. In this way, with the acquisition of a broader view of each component involved in this process, it becomes feasible to solve these issues. Finally, it is imperative that basketball physical trainers are able to masterfully solve the practical problems of warm-up, for more assertive decision-making in relation to routines that incorporate superior results in performance and reduction of injuries.

Unpacking student perceptions of board game mechanics

The boardroom challenge is a custom developed board game used as a formative assessment in an undergraduate business management course. The course forms part of an Accountancy degree which culminates in the professional designation of members to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Students are required to develop skills and competencies towards future membership of their professions professional body. To this end an industry employer and training company partnered with the University to develop students’ business acumen utilizing gamified learning in the form of a custom developed board game. The boardroom challenge has taken place annually from 2015-2019 and commenced again in 2022 when Covid-19 regulations permitted. On game day students compete in randomly assigned groups of six with an industry game master at each table as a facilitator. Students and facilitators complete questionnaires after the boardroom challenge providing feedback and suggestions. Open ended feedback from 2015-2019 has been thematically analysed to evaluate perceptions on game mechanics. Game mechanics include rolling the dice to determine which scenario students need to address. During the game students have to answer theory questions or address scenarios, depending on what the dice causes their game piece to land on. Correct answers earn currency in the game and students display their new rank in the organisation with each correct answer. Moving up the salary scale tops out at CEO after which students can begin to earn shares. Turn taking is regulated by a timer, to ensure everyone has sufficient turns while industry based game masters make the final call on the appropriateness of answers to open ended scenario type questions. The board game generates great excitement and engagement from students with several preparatory activities scaffolded into tutorials before game day. Students’ perception of the various game elements and mechanics indicate their evaluation is dependent on how they have conceptualized the impact of specific mechanics on their marks. As a mitigating factor, the data was gathered and analysed over many years.

A Big Data Survey on Lower Extremity Injuries and Prevention of Athletic Students in General Colleges and Universities

INTRODUCTION: Athletics is trendy; many events rely heavily on lower body coordination. With the development of track and field, lower extremity injuries in track and field also occur frequently. In general colleges and universities, lower limb injuries in track and field not only affect students' physical and mental health but also affect students' daily life and Training.
 OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the causes of lower limb injuries in students and suggests measures and recommendations for preventing lower limb injuries to increase the importance of lower limb injuries and reduce the rate of lower limb injuries in students.
 METHODS: Combined with big data, the linear regression model was used, along with the literature method, questionnaire survey method and logical analysis method, to investigate the lower limb injuries of track and field students in general colleges and universities and analyze the survey results.
 RESULTS: The following points were summarized: the lower limb injury rate of track and field students was as high as 79.03%, mainly focusing on ankles, followed by knees and joints; joint sprains dominated lower limb injuries, and the degree of injuries mainly was mild to moderate; the main factors affecting lower limb injuries included preparatory activities, technical movements, physical fitness and self-protection awareness; and the students did not have enough knowledge of and paid enough attention to the prevention of injuries.
 CONCLUSION: The research in this paper can provide some references for more track and field students to help them have better careers.

Калмыцко-казахские отношения в период откочевки калмыков из России в Китай в 1771 г.

Introduction. The history of eighteenth-century Kalmyk-Kazakh relations needs further detailed insights with the aid of newly discovered (and to be discovered) archival files. The turbulent interethnic contacts were integral to political challenges that were to be faced and solved by the Russian government. Goals. The article analyzes some newly discovered (introduced) archival material and attempts a comprehensive account of Kalmyk-Kazakh relations during the Dusty Migration of 1771. Materials. The work focuses on available files stored at the National Archive of Kalmykia, Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast, and messages contained in published document collections. Results. The study provides a quite detailed chronology of events characterizing Kalmyk-Kazakh relations throughout the mentioned campaign, which shall definitely prove instrumental in conducting further academic insights into the issue. Conclusions. The fact Kalmyks had raided livestock of the Junior Jüz Kazakhs in early 1770 did complicate Kalmyk-Kazakh relations on the eve of the Kalmyk Exodus. Khan Nuraly of the Junior Jüz was warning Russian authorities of the Kalmyks’ preparatory activities but his messages were never given serious attention to. Ubashi’s attempts to negotiate with Khan Nuraly ended in a failure since the latter was upholding a pro-Russian position and insisted that the Kalmyks should be immediately driven back into government-controlled lands. However, separate negotiations between Ablai and Ubashi proved more successful, and resulted in that Kalmyks did break through the Kazakh blockade towards China’s borders. The event aggravated the then split within Kazakh political elites, and the latter were never able to well and truly join efforts after the Dusty Migration.

The role of reference frames in learners’ internal feedback generation with a learning analytics dashboard

Being able to self-regulate can positively impact learners’ academic achievement. An inherent catalyst of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is internal feedback, the new knowledge which is generated when comparing current knowledge against reference information. Learners may not always generate internal feedback, hampering further SRL. Supporting SRL can be done with a Learning Analytics Dashboard (LAD), in which reference frames allow for comparisons and facilitate internal feedback generation. This study explores internal feedback generation using a LAD and the effect of reference frame availability. A multiple method design examined the interplay of reference frames, comparison processes, internal feedback generation and preparatory activities engagement. Differences between three conditions were explored using Bain ANOVA’s. Results showed that reference frames almost exclude other external comparators and are used in parallel with an internal comparator. A peer reference frame leads to most verbalizations of internal feedback, and potentially to most verbalizations of preparatory activities.

Adolescents' capacity to take action on obesity: A concurrent controlled before-and-after study of the European CO-CREATE project.

This study evaluated the effect on reported readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention among older adolescents (mean age 17) who took part in a youth-led participatory action research European initiative (CO-CREATE Youth Alliances) compared with a comparison group that acted as controls. This was a concurrent before-and-after controlled study across five countries and took place between September 2019 and October 2020. Adolescents (n= 159) recruited from schools and youth organizations came together with researchers and formed 15 Youth Alliances. An online questionnaire measuring their readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention was administered. Alliance members (n= 62) who filled in the questionnaire at both baseline and postinitiative, and adolescents from the comparison group (n= 132) who completed the questionnaire twice were included in the main analysis. Two-level linear mixed models controlling for country-related variance were fitted. Alliance members scored significantly higher than the comparison group on two factors in each of the readiness for action, responsibility, and drivers of behavior concepts. The findings suggest that involving youth in co-creating policies to prevent obesity may increase adolescents' readiness for action and promote a shift in adolescents' conceptualization of obesity from an individual perspective to a societal responsibility and drivers of behavior.

Media Lagu dalam Pembelajaran IPS untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Siswa Kelas V SDN Kertajaya IV/210 Surabaya

Learning media is often used in the implementation of effective learning so that students can be more involved in the classroom. However, many teachers continue to use traditional teaching methods, causing students to be less engaged in learning. Teachers can use song media as one of the learning media. The purpose of this study was to (1) analyze the research planning stages of using song media in social studies learning in class V SDN Kertajaya IV/210 Surabaya. (2) Describe the results of the use of music media in social studies learning on the learning motivation of fifth grade students at SDN Kertajaya IV/210 Surabaya. This study used qualitative research methods. The subjects of this study were 20 fifth grade students. This study uses primary data sources. Data collection techniques include observation, interviews, tests, questionnaires, and documentation. Test the validity of the data using technical triangulation. Data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions are the data analysis techniques used. The results of the study revealed that social studies learning with the media of European arrival historical songs included three stages, namely planning, implementation, and evaluation. Learning planning consists of 2 stages: observation and study of literature. The stages of learning implementation are divided into three parts, namely preparatory activities, core activities, and closing activities. Learning is carried out at the assessment stage by examining achievements and deficiencies that occur during the learning process. The use of music media in social studies learning shows that the learning process runs smoothly and has the potential to increase student learning motivation.

Innovation, Awareness and Readiness for Climate Action in the Energy Sector of an Emerging Economy: The Case of Kenya

The public sector plays a pivotal role in setting the pace for climate action innovation through policy development and inter-organization collaborations for sustainable energy solutions. There is generally a lack of a proper understanding of innovation in the public sector compared to the private sector, with the public sector being considered slow, bureaucratic adopters of innovation. This study investigated the understanding and approach to innovation in public energy organizations, determining if and how these organizations innovate and their ability to innovate, especially towards climate action, in Kenya while comparing them with Iceland, a developed economy with equivalent geothermal energy potential. A questionnaire survey was conducted in public energy organizations in Kenya and Iceland. Statistical analysis was used to validate and evaluate the collected data. The study findings revealed that innovation collaboration systems in organizations positively predicted the employees’ innovation awareness, confirming that energy sector innovations shall require public–private sector collaboration in developing innovative, incremental, and disruptive energy solutions. Employee knowledge and skills, on the other hand, were found not to be a predictor of an organization’s innovation awareness. Furthermore, employees’ motivation to innovate, as well as organizational innovation strategy, management structure and leadership, were found to positively predict an organization’s readiness to innovate. Finally, the Kenyan energy sector was benchmarked against the Icelandic energy sector indicating some noteworthy differences in the prioritization of energy sector climate action initiatives, with most organizations identifying themselves as innovation generators and innovation adopters and the least being innovation imitators, showing the organizations’ commitment to developing new technologies, markets and policies towards sustainable energy solutions.

PKM – Peningkatan Kemampuan Dosen Dalam Menyusun Manuskrip Penelitian Melalui Workshop Rekonstruksi Hasil Analisis Data Untuk Dosen AMIK Serang

As a lecturer, the ability to compile research manuscripts is a crucial skill to possess. However, there are still a significant number of junior and senior professors who frequently struggle with writing research papers. There are also many professors who are able to analyse data, but they struggle when it is time to incorporate it into manuscripts. This community service activity aims to assist lecturers in putting together research paper draughts, particularly for community service partners. In general, this activity can be divided into two distinct phases: preparation and implementation. Beginning preparatory activities include the identification of partners' problems and requirements, the creation of activity schedules, and ongoing dialogue between the service team and partners. This is done to level the perception of the carried out activities. Following the completion of the preparatory phase, the implementation of community service occurs. During the implementation phase, participants received training from two instructors using distinct materials. This community service activity uses workshops and resource sharing as its methodology. Before and after the activity, pre- and post-test questionnaires were distributed in order to assess the participants' understanding and knowledge. Community service activities have a significant effect on participants' comprehension when composing research paper draughts, as demonstrated by the findings. 67% of the participants who took the post-test indicated that they comprehended the preparation of research manuscripts based on the results of the data analysis. 33% of the remaining respondents indicated that they did not understand.

Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative: Co-Creating and Actionizing a New Community-Led Equity Framework

We present a community-led equity framework as a foundation for promoting equity on the Central Coast of California. We discuss the key elements of a participatory, community-led evaluation and planning approach for the Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative, which aims to advocate for social, health, environmental, and economic equity through region-wide cross-sector collaboration, community and research-informed action, and an indigenized and decolonized approach. Through a systematic mixed-methods evaluation and planning approach, including Community Consultations and Strategic Action Planning, we found that our community’s lived experience contributes to a deeper understanding of inequities, and that engagement in cross-sector collaboration empowers our community to bridge data with action organizing. The findings demonstrate that engagement in community-led evaluation and planning contributes to a greater readiness for cross-sector collaborative action and a sense of community ownership of solutions to equity issues, and sets the stage for deeper-rooted, long-term success built on genuine reciprocity and trust. We present our community-led equity framework inviting others to adopt systematic community knowledge-base-building that values community wisdom, identifies power imbalance, promotes trust-building through healthy discomfort, and encourages reflective action.

Repeated High-Intensity Technique Training and Repeated Sprint Training Elicit Similar Adjustment in Physiological Responses But Divergent Perceptual Responses and Combat-Related Performances in Adolescent Taekwondo Matches.

This study investigated the effects of 4 weeks of repeated sprint training (RST) versus repeated high-intensity technique training (RTT) on the physiological responses (ie,blood lactate), mean and peak heart rate, rating of perceived exertion, technical-tactical performance, and time-motion variables during simulated taekwondo combats. Twenty-four taekwondo athletes (18 male and 6 female; age: 16 [1]y) were randomly and equally assigned to RST (10 × 35-m running sprints interspersed by 10-s rest) or RTT (10 × 6-s bandal-tchagui kicking executions interspersed by 10-s rest) groups in addition to their regular training. Both groups performed simulated combats before and after training. Delta lactate and peak heart rate were attenuated following training (P < .001 and P = .03, respectively), with no differences identified between RTT and RST conditions. Rating of perceived exertion decreased after training only in the RTT (P = .002). Time fighting and preparatory activities increased following training (P < .001), with higher values observed following RTT than RST (P < .001). Nonpreparatory time decreased after training (P < .001), with more pronounced reductions observed following RTT when compared to RST (P < .001). The number of single attacks decreased only following RST (P < .001), whereas combined attacks increased only after RTT training (P < .001). Similar adjustments in the physiological responses to combat were observed following 4 weeks of either RST or RTT, but RTT elicited more favorable perceptual responses and combat-related performance. This highlights the importance of specificity of training and its effective transfer to combat.

Pengembangan Potensi Wisata Desa Senaru Melalui Berbagai Kegiatan Optimalisasi Wisata Bersama Kuliah Kerja Nyata Universitas Mataram

Senaru Village is a tourist village that has several tourism potentials. This tourism potential needs to be developed to increase the number of tourists to the area. This activity aims to develop tourism potential in Senaru Village through various work programs at the University of Mataram. The activity was carried out from 24 November 2022 until 10 February 2023 at several locations in Senaru Village. Tourism potential development activities in Senaru Village are carried out in several stages of activity, namely debriefing, surveys, preparation of work programs and implementation of work programs. The work program implemented consists of making information boards in coffee plantations including determining the design for information boards, determining the location of information boards, selecting materials, making information boards, and placing information boards in predetermined locations; Making promotional videos of coffee plantations, waterfalls, river tubing and traditional houses including: determining the concept of a promotional video, surveying locations for making videos, shooting videos, editing videos; Tourism awareness village outreach includes preparatory activities, socialization at the village office, and discussion sessions. Activities to clean tourist attractions in Senaru Village are carried out in mutual cooperation with youth, Pokdarwis and the community to clean waterfall tourist attractions every Sunday; Making trash cans from ecobrick includes the following activity stages: collecting materials, making trash cans from ecobrick, and placing ecobrick trash cans in a predetermined location. The results of the activities are in the form of information boards that are installed at tourist sites and prayer rooms, virtual guiding videos, increasing public understanding of tourist villages and disaster mitigation at tourist sites and ecobrick bins. The conclusion that can be drawn is that all activities have been carried out and run smoothly.

Vision rivals audition in alerting humans for fast action

Successful behaviour requires that humans act promptly upon the ubiquitous rapid changes in the environment. Prompt actions are supported by phasic alertness, the increased readiness for perception and action elicited by warning stimuli (alerting cues). Audition is assumed to induce phasic alertness for action faster and more strongly than other senses. Here, we show that vision can be equally effective as audition. We investigated the temporal evolution and the effectiveness of visual and auditory alerting for action in a speeded choice task, while controlling for basic sensitivity differences between the modalities that are unrelated to action control (by matching auditory and visual stimuli according to reaction times in a prior simple detection task). Results revealed that alerting sped up responses, but this happened equally fast and equally strong for visual and auditory alerting cues. Thus, these findings argue that vision rivals audition in phasic alerting for prompt actions, and suggest that the underlying mechanisms work across both modalities.

Sentinel-6 MF Poseidon-4 radar altimeter: Main scientific results from S6PP LRM and UF-SAR chains in the first year of the mission

Poseidon-4 is a dual-frequency redundant radar altimeter on board the European Commission Copernicus Programme Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, that represents a significant breakthrough with respect to its predecessors Jason-class altimeters due to its digital architecture and to its innovative measurements and calibration modes.In the framework of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich commissioning preparatory activities, CNES has contracted CLS for the development of a Sentinel-6 Processing Prototype (S6PP) application. S6PP is a multi-chain processing suite able to process Sentinel-6 Level-1A and Level-1B data products up to Level-2. The novel algorithms developed in the CNES/CLS research and development activities are implemented within S6PP and validated to support the different thematic applications (in particular inland water and ocean) and in view of promoting them for possible implementation in the operational ground segment.The present work covers in particular the main results over open ocean for the main altimetric geophysical variables over the sea surface (sea surface height anomaly, significant wave-height, sigma-nought and wind speed) derived by the Low-Resolution Mode (LRM) and High-Resolution Mode (HRM) chains of S6PP in terms of precision, accuracy, spectral content and measurement stability.Given the reported variation of the payload in-orbit temperatures along with the reported instrumental ageing, and given the tight requirement to measure the GMSL (Global Mean Sea Level) in seamless continuity with Jason-3, the clear goal for S6PP was to process the S6-MF data with the minimum possible level of approximations along the processing pipeline but still maintaining a very efficient prototype from the computational point of view.For this scope, a novel and computationally efficient numerical retracking scheme with interface to the in-flight PTR (Point Target Response) provided by the instrument calibration chain has been put in place within S6PP for both the Low-Resolution and High-Resolution modes whereas the Delay-Doppler beam-forming is carried out by applying the range walk correction based on a computationally efficient algorithm (Chirp Zeta-Transform).The impact of the range walk correction and of the in-flight PTR interface is assessed for HRM and LRM, respectively.The paper shows that the proposed processing baseline ensures a dataset robust from the currently known instrumental degradation or ageing issues, both in LRM and HRM mode and, once this is done, that Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich global mean sea level measurement is in line with the one measured by Jason-3.

Emergence of preparatory dynamics in VIP interneurons during motor learning

To determine what actions to perform in each context, animals must learn how to execute motor programs in response to sensory cues. In rodents, the interface between sensory processing and motor planning occurs in the secondary motor cortex (M2). Here, we investigate dynamics in vasointestinal peptide (VIP) and somatostatin (SST) interneurons in M2 during acquisition of a cue-based, reach-to-grasp (RTG) task in mice. We observe the emergence of preparatory activity consisting of sensory responses and ramping activation in a subset of VIP interneurons during motor learning. We show that preparatory and movement activities in VIP neurons exhibit compartmentalized dynamics, with principal component 1 (PC1) and PC2 reflecting primarily movement and preparatory activity, respectively. In contrast, we observe later and more synchronous activation of SST neurons during the movement epoch with learning. Our results reveal how VIP population dynamics might support sensorimotor learning and compartmentalization of sensory processing and movement execution.

Brain-to-brain communication during musical improvisation: a performance case study.

Understanding and predicting others' actions in ecological settings is an important research goal in social neuroscience. Here, we deployed a mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) methodology to analyze inter-brain communication between professional musicians during a live jazz performance. Specifically, bispectral analysis was conducted to assess the synchronization of scalp electroencephalographic (EEG) signals from three expert musicians during a three-part 45 minute jazz performance, during which a new musician joined every five minutes. The bispectrum was estimated for all musician dyads, electrode combinations, and five frequency bands. The results showed higher bispectrum in the beta and gamma frequency bands (13-50 Hz) when more musicians performed together, and when they played a musical phrase synchronously. Positive bispectrum amplitude changes were found approximately three seconds prior to the identified synchronized performance events suggesting preparatory cortical activity predictive of concerted behavioral action. Moreover, a higher amount of synchronized EEG activity, across electrode regions, was observed as more musicians performed, with inter-brain synchronization between the temporal, parietal, and occipital regions the most frequent. Increased synchrony between the musicians' brain activity reflects shared multi-sensory processing and movement intention in a musical improvisation task.