This paper proposes that in the course of evolution pitch structure became a human specific tool of communication the function of which is to induce emotional states such as uncertainty and cohesion. By the means of eliciting these emotions during collective music performance people are able to unconsciously give cues concerning social acceptance. This is probably one of the reasons why in all cultures people collectively perform tonal music. It is also suggested that tonal pitch structure had been invented socially before it became an evolutionary innovation of hominines. It means that a predisposition to tonally organize pitches evolved by the means of 'Baldwin effect' – a process in which natural selection transforms the learned response...
W książce przedstawiono autorską koncepcję ewolucyjnej genezy tonalności, w której kluczową rolę odg...
Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the effects of ...
Two of the most salient features of music are the blending of pitch and the match-ing of time. I pro...
The communicative phenomena of tonal music and speech observed in all human societies differ qualita...
The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in studying music as it relates to human evolut...
Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly on the value o...
The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in studying music as it relates to human evolut...
It has been proposed that languages evolve by adapting to the perceptual and cognitive constraints o...
This paper focuses on the question of what music is, attempting to describe those features of ...
This paper holds an evolutionary approach to musical semantics. Revolving around the nature/nurture ...
This chapter captures extensive discussions between people with different forms of expertise and vie...
What was the role of music in the evolutionary history of human beings? We address this question fro...
Researchers studying the emotional impact of music have not traditionally been concerned with the pr...
Over tens of thousands of years of human genetic and cultural evolution, many types and varieties of...
Evidence suggests that humans might have neurological specializations for music processing, but a co...
W książce przedstawiono autorską koncepcję ewolucyjnej genezy tonalności, w której kluczową rolę odg...
Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the effects of ...
Two of the most salient features of music are the blending of pitch and the match-ing of time. I pro...
The communicative phenomena of tonal music and speech observed in all human societies differ qualita...
The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in studying music as it relates to human evolut...
Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly on the value o...
The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in studying music as it relates to human evolut...
It has been proposed that languages evolve by adapting to the perceptual and cognitive constraints o...
This paper focuses on the question of what music is, attempting to describe those features of ...
This paper holds an evolutionary approach to musical semantics. Revolving around the nature/nurture ...
This chapter captures extensive discussions between people with different forms of expertise and vie...
What was the role of music in the evolutionary history of human beings? We address this question fro...
Researchers studying the emotional impact of music have not traditionally been concerned with the pr...
Over tens of thousands of years of human genetic and cultural evolution, many types and varieties of...
Evidence suggests that humans might have neurological specializations for music processing, but a co...
W książce przedstawiono autorską koncepcję ewolucyjnej genezy tonalności, w której kluczową rolę odg...
Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the effects of ...
Two of the most salient features of music are the blending of pitch and the match-ing of time. I pro...