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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 ...
The evolutionary nature of musical meaning
(2009)
The paper will draw on ethnomusicological, cognitive and neuroscientific evidence in suggesting that music and language constitute complementary components of the human communicative toolkit. It will start by outlining ...
The fundamental function of music
(2009)
This article examines some of the functions of music in human society, and argues for a restructuring of the current taxonomies, as driven by Martindale s psychobiological theory of aesthetic preference. The realignment ...
The origins of the aesthetic enjoyment of music A review of the literature
(2009)
Listeners attribute a positive or negative value to music. This aesthetic experience is known to be observable over the individuals entire life span, from early childhood to old age, and in every culture. It is then ...
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 ...
Towards an ethology of song: categorization of musical behaviour
(2009)
This paper deals with the differentiation and adaptive significance of musical, particularly singing behaviour. We discuss the relationship of speech and song and define song as a musical mode of speech. We argue for a ...