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. 2021 Sep 30:44:e110.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20001181.

Ecological and psychological factors in the cultural evolution of music

Thom Scott-Phillips  1 , Atsuko Tominaga  1 , Helena Miton  2
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Ecological and psychological factors in the cultural evolution of music

Thom Scott-Phillips et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

The two target articles agree that processes of cultural evolution generate richness and diversity in music, but neither address this question in a focused way. We sketch one way to proceed - and hence suggest how the target articles differ not only in empirical claims, but also in their tacit, prior assumptions about the relationship between cognition and culture.

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