Unraveling the origins of musicality: Beyond music as an epiphenomenon of language
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| Publication date | 2021 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Article number | e78 |
| Volume | Issue number | 44 |
| Pages (from-to) | 66-68 |
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| Abstract | The two target articles address the origins of music in complementary ways. However, both proposals focus on overt musical behaviour, largely ignoring the role of perception and cognition, and they blur the boundaries between the potential origins of language and music. To resolve this, an alternative research strategy is proposed that focuses on the core cognitive components of musicality. |
| Document type | Comment/Letter to the editor |
| Note | Open peer commntary to: P.E. Savage, P. Loui, B. Tarr, A. Schachner, L. Glowacki, S. Mithen, W.T. Fitch (2021) Music as a coevolved system for social bonding. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44:e59; and to: S.A. Mehr, M.M. Krasnow, G.A. Bryant, E.H. Hagen (2021) Origins of music in credible signaling. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44:e60. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20001211 |
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