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Driving Under the Influence: How Music Listening Affects Driving Behaviors
Published on: March 27, 2019
Meta-cognition for music as a solution to the fragmentation problem
Psyche Loui1, Elizabeth H Margulis2
1Northeastern Universityhttps://ror.org/04t5xt781, Boston, MA, USA p.loui@northeastern.edu www.psycheloui.com.
Abstract:
Meta-cognition enhances the social bonding hypothesis for musicality, integrating imagination, episodic simulation, causal inference, and inhibition. Music fosters group cohesion by engaging the endogenous opioid system, supporting intergroup understanding through vivid mental imagery, and facilitating socio-affective fiction. Additionally, causal inference enables contextual interpretation of music, while inhibition refines musical coordination and executive function, reinforcing cognitive flexibility for cooperative social behavior.
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