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Why we experience musical emotions: Intrinsic musicality in an evolutionary perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2008
Abstract
Taking into account an evolutionary viewpoint, we hypothesize that music could hide a universal and adaptive code determining preferences. We consider the possible selective pressure that might have shaped, at least in part, our emotional appreciation of sound and music, and sketch a comparison between parameters of some naturalistic sounds and music.
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