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Music's putative adaptive function hinges on a combination of distinct mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Bruno Gingras Open the ORCID record for Bruno Gingras [Opens in a new window]
Bruno Gingras*
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Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, 52f Innrain, InnsbruckA-6020, Austria. brunogingras@gmail.com
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Abstract

Music's efficacy as a credible signal and/or as a tool for social bonding piggybacks on a diverse set of biological and cognitive processes, implying different proximate mechanisms. It is likely this multiplicity of mechanisms that explains why it is so difficult to account for music's putative biological role(s), as well as its possible origins, by proposing a single adaptive function.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e72
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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