Theories of music origins and the role of musical emotions in the mind are reviewed. Most
existing theories contradict each other, and cannot explain mechanisms or roles of musical …

Based on recent advancements in cognitive science and mathematical models of the mind,
this paper proposes a hypothesis on a fundamental role of music in cognition, and in the …

Ancient and contemporary theories of cognitive functions of music, its origins, and evolution
are reviewed. A hypothesis is presented that promises to unify the field and a theory is …

The emotional power of music may have strong linkages to the evolution of basic motor and
emotional systems of the brain. Most movements have distinct rhythms and basic emotions …

Ancient and contemporary theories of the cognitive functions of music are reviewed and
compared with the hypothesis (advanced in Part I) that music performs a fundamental …

The aim of this contribution is to broaden the concept of musical meaning from an abstract
and emotionally neutral cognitive representation to an emotion-integrating description that is …

This article examines some of the functions of music in human society, and argues for a
restructuring of the current taxonomies, as driven by Martindale's psychobiological theory of …

The re-emergence of an evolutionary perspective on the human mind over the last decade
has resulted in the production of a range of different theories about music's evolutionary …

Music is a poorly understood ability. Its strong power over humans, its origin and cognitive
function, have been a mystery for a long time. Aristotle (1995) listed the power of music …

There have been many attempts to discuss the evolutionary origins of music. We review
theories of music origins and take the perspective that music is originally derived from …