Why More Intelligent Individuals Like Classical Music

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-275

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a   Perina, Kaja ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Psychology Today ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary origin of music; Evolutionary psychology; Origin of values and preferences; The savanna principle; The savanna IQ interaction hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861169892     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.730     Document Type: Article

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