[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in frailty among older adults

RS Zeidan, T McElroy, L Rathor, MS Martenson… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
By definition, aging is a natural, gradual and continuous process. On the other hand, frailty
reflects the increase in vulnerability to stressors and shortens the time without disease …

Love songs and serenades: a theoretical review of music and romantic relationships

JS Bamford, J Vigl, M Hämäläinen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In this theoretical review, we examine how the roles of music in mate choice and social
bonding are expressed in romantic relationships. Darwin's Descent of Man originally …

Nocturnal selective pressures on the evolution of human musicality as a missing piece of the adaptationist puzzle

MAC Varella - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human musicality exhibits the necessary hallmarks for biological adaptations. Evolutionary
explanations focus on recurrent adaptive problems that human musicality possibly solved in …

Darwin's sexual selection hypothesis revisited: musicality increases sexual attraction in both sexes

MM Marin, I Rathgeber - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A number of theories about the origins of musicality have incorporated biological and social
perspectives. Darwin argued that musicality evolved by sexual selection, functioning as a …

Classical music, educational learning, and slow wave sleep: A targeted memory reactivation experiment

C Gao, P Fillmore, MK Scullin - Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 2020 - Elsevier
Poor sleep in college students compromises the memory consolidation processes
necessary to retain course materials. A solution may lie in targeting reactivation of memories …

Testosterone, oxytocin and co-operation: A hypothesis for the origin and function of music

H Fukui, K Toyoshima - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the time of Darwin, theories have been proposed on the origin and functions of music;
however, the subject remains enigmatic. The literature shows that music is closely related to …

Music improvisation modulates emotional memory

VM Diaz Abrahan, F Shifres… - Psychology of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Music improvisation is a technique frequently used in the music therapy field. Its application
involves emotional support, cognitive evaluation or cognitive/motor rehabilitation. However …

Sex differences in music perception are negligible

M Bertolo, D Müllensiefen, I Peretz, SC Woolley… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Since Darwin, researchers have proposed that human musicality evolved in a reproductive
context in which males produce music to signal their mate quality to females. Sexually …

Do musicians learn a fine sequential hand motor skill differently than non-musicians?

J Sobierajewicz, R Naskręcki, W Jaśkowski… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Do professional musicians learn a fine sequential hand motor skill more efficiently than non-
musicians? Is this also the case when they perform motor imagery, which implies that they …

Evolutionary origins of music. Classical and recent hypotheses

K Kalinowski, A Kozłowska, M Malesza… - Anthropological …, 2021 - czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl
The aim of this paper is to review recent hypotheses on the evolutionary origins of music in
Homo sapiens, taking into account the most influential traditional hypotheses. To date …