Article,
The nature of music from a biological perspective
Cognition, 100 (1): 1--32 (May 2006)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.11.004
Abstract
Music, as language, is a universal human trait. Throughout human history
and across all cultures, people have produced and enjoyed music.
Despite its ubiquity, the musical capacity is rarely studied as a
biological function. Music is typically viewed as a cultural invention.
In this paper, the evidence bearing on the biological perspective
of the musical capacity is reviewed. Related issues, such as domain-specificity,
innateness, and brain localization, are addressed in an attempt to
offer a unified conceptual basis for the study of music processing.
This scheme should facilitate the study of the biological foundations
of music by bringing together the fields of genetics, developmental
and comparative research, neurosciences, and musicology.
Tags
- auditory
- development,music,music:
- perception,auditory
- perception,pitch
- perception:
- physiology,behavior,behavior:
- physiology,behavioral,emotions,genetics,humans,instinct,language
- physiology,psychophysiology,music,neuro,perception
- psychology,pitch
