Various aspects of motherese also known as infant-directed speech (IDS) have been
studied for many years. As it is a widespread phenomenon, it is suspected to play some …

Theories of music origins and the role of musical emotions in the mind are reviewed. Most
existing theories contradict each other, and cannot explain mechanisms or roles of musical …

I defend a model of the musically extended mind. I consider how acts of “musicking” grant
access to novel emotional experiences otherwise inaccessible. First, I discuss the idea of …

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are
connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic …

Families are central to the social and emotional development of youth, and most families
engage in musical activities together, such as listening to music or talking about their favorite …

This paper explores the extent to which ideas developed in The Senses Considered as
Perceptual Systems and further refined in The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (;) …

It is commonly argued that music originated in human evolution as an adaptation to selective
pressures. In this paper we present an alternative account in which music originated from a …

In this paper we explore early musical behaviors through the lenses of the recently emerged
“4E” approach to mind, which sees cognitive processes as Embodied, Embedded, Enacted …

The enactive approach to cognition is developed in the context of music and music
education. I discuss how this embodied point of view affords a relational and bio-cultural …

As a core feature of musical rituals around the world, humans synchronize their movements
to the pulse of a shared acoustic pattern—a behavior called rhythmic entrainment. The …