Human evolution of gestural messaging and its critical role in the human development of music
- PMID: 34588054
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X20001697
Human evolution of gestural messaging and its critical role in the human development of music
Abstract
By fostering bonding (Mehr et al.; Savage et al.), music illustrates marvelously its ability to induce emotional experience. But, music can induce emotion more generally as well. To help explain how music fosters bonding and induces other emotions, I propose that music derives this power from the evolution of what I term "gestural messaging."
Comment in
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Toward a productive evolutionary understanding of music.Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Sep 30;44:e122. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21000030. Behav Brain Sci. 2021. PMID: 34588071 Free PMC article.
Comment on
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Music as a coevolved system for social bonding.Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Aug 20;44:e59. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000333. Behav Brain Sci. 2020. PMID: 32814608
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