Toward a sociobiology of music

Roger T. Dean; Freya Bailes

Toward a sociobiology of music

Roger T. Dean
, Freya Bailes

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

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Abstract

We propose a continued evaluation of Darwin's suggestion that musical functioning is sexually selected, because of recent evidence on sexual dimorphism and its relation to potentially musical activities.We also propose specifically that music may enhance social trust, and hence social coalition, and anticipate some empirical assessments of this idea. The extended altriciality of the human species and the sexual differentiation of empathic responses may link these two propositions.

Original language	English
Journal	Music Perception
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

evolution
music
rhythm
social interaction

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