Thoughts on an empirical approach to the evolutionary origins of music

Music Perception

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-116

  McDermott, Josh ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Comparative; Evolution; Monkey; Music; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847768353     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2006.24.1.111     Document Type: Note

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