Musicality in human vocal communication: an evolutionary perspective
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0391" target="_blank" >10.1098/rstb.2020.0391</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Musicality in human vocal communication: an evolutionary perspective
Original language description
Studies show that specific vocal modulations, akin to those of infant-directed speech (IDS) and perhaps music, play a role in communicating intentions and mental states during human social interaction. Based on this, we propose a model for the evolution of musicality-the capacity to process musical information-in relation to human vocal communication. We suggest that a complex social environment, with strong social bonds, promoted the appearance of musicality-related abilities. These social bonds were not limited to those between offspring and mothers or other carers, although these may have been especially influential in view of altriciality of human infants. The model can be further tested in other species by comparing levels of sociality and complexity of vocal communication. By integrating several theories, our model presents a radically different view of musicality, not limited to specifically musical scenarios, but one in which this capacity originally evolved to aid parent-infant communication and bonding, and even today plays a role not only in music but also in IDS, as well as in some adult-directed speech contexts. This article is part of the theme issue 'Voice modulation: from origin and mechanism to social impact (Part II)'.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
ISSN
0962-8436
e-ISSN
1471-2970
Volume of the periodical
377
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1841
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
20200391
UT code for WoS article
000718280800008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118177275