Music as a coevolved system for social bonding

PE Savage, P Loui, B Tarr, A Schachner… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly
on the value of music for specific adaptive contexts such as mate selection, parental care …

A systematic review for human EEG brain signals based emotion classification, feature extraction, brain condition, group comparison

M Hamada, BB Zaidan, AA Zaidan - Journal of medical systems, 2018 - Springer
The study of electroencephalography (EEG) signals is not a new topic. However, the
analysis of human emotions upon exposure to music considered as important direction …

Williams syndrome and music: A systematic integrative review

D Thakur, MA Martens, DS Smith, E Roth - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Researchers and clinicians have often cited a strong relationship between
individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) and music. This review systematically identified …

Cultural transmission and evolution of melodic structures in multi-generational signaling games

M Lumaca, G Baggio - Artificial Life, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It has been proposed that languages evolve by adapting to the perceptual and cognitive
constraints of the human brain, developing, in the course of cultural transmission, structural …

Speech rhythm sensitivity and musical aptitude: ERPs and individual differences

C Magne, DK Jordan, RL Gordon - Brain and language, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated the electrophysiological markers of rhythmic expectancy during
speech perception. In addition, given the large literature showing overlaps between …

Cross-modal priming effect of rhythm on visual word recognition and its relationships to music aptitude and reading achievement

TS Fotidzis, H Moon, JR Steele, CL Magne - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recent evidence suggests the existence of shared neural resources for rhythm processing
in language and music. Such overlaps could be the basis of the facilitating effect of regular …

Inclusive fitness theory for the evolution of religion

B Crespi, K Summers - Animal Behaviour, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•We present a new synthetic theory for how religion evolved.•The theory is based
on maximization of inclusive fitness.•The theory is compatible with evidence from many …

Williams syndrome deletions and duplications: Genetic windows to understanding anxiety, sociality, autism, and schizophrenia

BJ Crespi, TL Procyshyn - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
We describe and evaluate an integrative hypothesis for helping to explain the major
neurocognitive features of individuals with Williams syndrome region deletions and …

Enhanced memory for vocal melodies in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome

MW Weiss, M Sharda, M Lense, KL Hyde… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Adults and children with typical development (TD) remember vocal melodies (without lyrics)
better than instrumental melodies, which is attributed to the biological and social …

Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions

SD Mednicoff, S Barashy, D Gonzales… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Misophonia can be characterized both as a condition and as a negative affective
experience. Misophonia is described as feeling irritation or disgust in response to hearing …