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Responses to music: Emotional signaling, and learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Martin F. Gardiner
Martin F. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Human Development, Brown University, Providence, RI 02828. Martin_Gardiner@brown.edu
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Abstract

In the target article, Juslin & Västfjäll (J&V) contend that neural mechanisms not unique to music are critical to its capability to convey emotion. The work reviewed here provides a broader context for this proposal. Human abilities to signal emotion through sound could have been essential to human evolution, and may have contributed vital foundations for music. Future learning experiments are needed to further clarify engagement underlying musical and broader emotional signaling.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 580 - 581
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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