The emotional antecedents to the evolution of music and language;Los antecedentes emocionales en la evolución de la música y del lenguaje

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 229-259

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective foundations; Brain mechanisms; Chills; Cross species variables; Emotional sounds; Epigenesis; Language acquisition; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856712315     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864909013002111     Document Type: Article

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