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The emergence of music from the Theory of Mind
(2009)
It is commonly argued that music originated in human evolution as an adaptation to selective pressures. In this paper we present an alternative account in which music originated from a more general adaptation known ...
From maladaptation to competition to cooperation in the evolution of musical behaviour
(2009)
We propose a model of how a maladaptive and competitive system of musical interaction, based on a notion of enchantment, can evolve towards a cooperative system. This model supports our position that social competitive ...
The pulse of symmetry: On the possible co-evolution of rhythm in music and dance
(2009)
Darwin proposed that music and dance may be part of courtship display leading to reproduction, and hence preservation of genes. Sexual selection could act on either or both music and dance, but we argue it may act ...
Did Neanderthals and other early humans sing? Seeking the biological roots of music in the territorial advertisements of primates, lions, hyenas, and wolves
(2009)
Group defence of territories is found in many gregarious mammalian carnivores, including lions, canids, and hyenas. In these taxa, group members often mark territory boundaries and direct aggressive behaviour towards ...
From great man to fittest survivor: Reputation, recapitulation and survival in Victorian concepts of Wagner s genius
(2009)
The transposition of the Great Man into the Fittest Survivor is at the very root of an endemic interchange between the sciences and the arts in late Victorian culture, giving rich metaphoric substance to more heavily ...
Music's "design features": Musical motivation, musical pulse, and musical pitch
(2009)
This paper focuses on the question of what music is, attempting to describe those features of music that generically distinguish it from other forms of animal and human communication - music's "design features". The ...
Musical elements in human infants cries: In the beginning is the melody
(2009)
Crying is the earliest sound production of human infants on their long way toward language. Here, we argue that infants' early crying contains melodic constituents for both musical and prosodic structures. This view ...
The emotional antecedents to the evolution of music and language
(2009)
The emotional power of music may have strong linkages to the evolution of basic motor and emotional systems of the brain. Most movements have distinct rhythms and basic emotions are characterised by distinct ...
Prenatal and infant conditioning, the mother schema, and the origins of music and religion
(2009)
Existing theories of the origins of music and religion fail to account directly and convincingly for their universal emotional power and behavioural costliness. The theory of prenatal origins is based on empirically ...
Individual emotional reactions towards music: Evolutionary-based universals?
(2009)
Music can elicit strong feelings and physiological arousal in listeners. However, it is still under debate as to whether these reactions are based on universal reaction patterns or are acquired during a process of ...