TY - JOUR
T1 - Musicality was not selected for, rather humans have a good reason to learn music
AU - Atzil, Shir
AU - Abramson, Lior
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2021/9/30
Y1 - 2021/9/30
N2 - We propose that not social bonding, but rather a different mechanism underlies the development of musicality: being unable to survive alone. The evolutionary constraint of being dependent on other humans for survival provides the ultimate driving force for acquiring human faculties such as sociality and musicality, through mechanisms of learning and neural plasticity. This evolutionary mechanism maximizes adaptation to a dynamic environment.
AB - We propose that not social bonding, but rather a different mechanism underlies the development of musicality: being unable to survive alone. The evolutionary constraint of being dependent on other humans for survival provides the ultimate driving force for acquiring human faculties such as sociality and musicality, through mechanisms of learning and neural plasticity. This evolutionary mechanism maximizes adaptation to a dynamic environment.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0140525x2000134x
DO - 10.1017/s0140525x2000134x
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C2 - 34588048
AN - SCOPUS:85116508723
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 44
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e62
ER -