Language is typically viewed as fundamental to human intelligence. Music, while
recognized as a human universal, is often treated as an ancillary ability–one dependent on …

It is commonly believed that consciousness is a higher brain function. Here we consider the
likelihood, based on abundant neuroevolutionary data that lower brain affective …

Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the
effects of psychological adaptations that are specific to music (eg, rhythmic entrainment) and …

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are
connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic …

This paper reviews the use of music as an adjuvant to the control of pain, especially in
medical procedures. Surgery causes stress and anxiety that exacerbates the experience of …

Music is often studied as a cognitive domain alongside language. The emotional aspects of
music have also been shown to be important, but views on their nature diverge. For …

This psychophysiological study is the first to examine the relationship between emotional
tears and emotional piloerection (ie, goosebumps). Although both phenomena have been …

This book focuses on the matter of neuropsychoanalysis. It shows how the
neuropsychoanalytic approach makes it possible to begin to locate within the tissues of the …

This essay offers a novel theoretical perspective on the evolution of music. At present, a
number of adaptationist theories posit that the human capacity for music is a product of …

The nature of “the self” has been one of the central problems in philosophy and more
recently in neuroscience. This raises various questions:(i) Can we attribute a self to …