Cross-cultural perspectives on music and musicality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1664, 2015, Pages

  Trehub, Sandra E ^a   Becker, Judith ^b   Morley, Iain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiquity; Cross cultural; Music; Ritual; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MUSIC; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EUROPE;

CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MUSIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MUSIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922108098     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0096     Document Type: Review

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