... of the University of California 2021 consonance evolution Music psychologists have long been interested in consonance, the sense in which certain combinations of tones seem to fit well together while other combinations seem to fit poorly. The psychological study of consonance is underpinned by three...

... of California 2021 Consonance harmonicity roughness vocalization evolution aesthetics In this issue of Music Perception , Friedman, Kowalewski, Vuvan, and Neill (2021) describe novel evidence that tonal stimuli with high spectral similarity to harmonic series’ ( harmonicity ) are perceived...

... and culture (nature and nurture) interact to shape how we experience music, and theories that neglect the former do so at their peril. Received: March 7, 2017, accepted July 17, 2017. Key words: aesthetics, psychoacoustics, neurobiology, culture, evolution T HE ORIGINS OF MUSICAL TONALITY HAVEbeen debated...

... of the University of California music evolution behavior biomusicology rhythm Music as Socio-Emotional Confluence 167 MUSIC AS SOCIO-EMOTIONAL CONFLUENCE: A COMMENT ON BISPHAM RODGER GRAHAM Ards Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK BISPHAM S (2006) ADDRESS OF THE QUESTION WHY humans demonstrate musical...

... for—and uniquely selected for—in the course of human evolution are explored. © 2006 BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2006 rhythm ethology evolution entrainment action emotion JOHN BISPHAM Leverhulme Centre for Evolutionary Studies/ Centre for Music and Science...

... OF CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2006 music evolution adaptation pitch development LAUREL J. TRAINOR McMaster University MCDERMOTT AND HAUSER (2005) and Justus and Hutsler (2005) argue that in order for music to be an evolutionary adaptation, and not an exaptation, music must be constrained...

... of the arguments made by the commentators and clarify some of the points made in our original review. © 2006 BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2006 music evolution perception cognition comparative monkey JOSH MCDERMOTT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences...

... claims that can be made concerning its evolutionary roots. © 2006 BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2006 music evolution communication archaeology ethnomusicology IAN CROSS Centre for Music & Science, University of Cambridge IT IS ARGUED THAT APPROACHES...

...Aniruddh D. Patel There is now a vigorous debate over the evolutionary status of music. Some scholars argue that humans have been shaped by evolution to be musical, while others maintain that musical abilities have not been a target of natural selection but reflect an alternative use of more...