Objective: Music and speech are complex signals containing regularities in how they unfold
in time. Similarities between music and speech/language in terms of their auditory features …

Music has always played a central role in human culture. The question of how musical
sounds can have such profound emotional and rewarding effects has been a topic of interest …

Music has been called “the universal language of mankind.” Although contemporary
theories of music evolution often invoke various musical universals, the existence of such …

Speech and song have been transmitted orally for countless human generations, changing
over time under the influence of biological, cognitive, and cultural pressures. Cross-cultural …

Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

Implicit learning is a core process for the acquisition of a complex, rule‐based environment
from mere interaction, such as motor action, skill acquisition, or language. A body of …

The ability to perceive a regular beat in music and synchronize to this beat is a widespread
human skill. Fundamental to musical behaviour, beat and meter refer to the perception of …

Humans can find music happy, sad, fearful or spiritual. They can be soothed by it or urged to
dance. Whether these psychological responses reflect cognitive adaptations that evolved …

We present a cross-cultural study on the performance and perception of affective expression
in music. Professional bowed-string musicians from different musical traditions (Swedish folk …

Music is a ubiquitous stimulus known to influence human affect, cognition, and behavior. In
the context of eating behavior, music has been associated with food choice, intake and …