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Musical bonds are orthogonal to symbolic language and norms
1Center for Mind and Culture, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. connorpw@bu.edu, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Connor_Wood5.
Abstract:
Both Mehr et al.'s credible signaling hypothesis and Savage et al.'s music and social bonding hypothesis emphasize the role of multilevel social structures in the evolution of music. Although empirical evidence preferentially supports the social bonding hypothesis, rhythmic music may enable bonding in a way uniquely fitted to the normative and language-based character of multilevel human societies.
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