The article addresses the idea that the human body can synchronize with other people in five different ways, although the most well-known form — menstrual synchronization among women who live together — is merely a myth not scientifically proven. This phenomenon, known as the "McClintock effect," persists in society despite the lack of convincing evidence that menstrual cycles synchronize systematically among cohabiting women.
However, the article clarifies that this absence of proof for the McClintock effect does not mean that human bodies cannot coordinate with those around them. There are other forms of physiological and behavioral coordination that do not involve menstrual synchronization.
The text also establishes a useful distinction between two concepts: synchronization, which refers to physiological or behavioral processes that present coordinated patterns over time, and co-regulation, which occurs when one person's emotional or physiological state influences another person's state.
The article ends incompletely, without presenting the five forms of synchronization mentioned in the title, as the information about co-regulation was cut off.
