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. 2021 Sep 30:44:e99.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20001697.

Human evolution of gestural messaging and its critical role in the human development of music

Martin F Gardiner  1
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Human evolution of gestural messaging and its critical role in the human development of music

Martin F Gardiner. Behav Brain Sci. .

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."

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