In the introduction to this theme issue, Honing et al. suggest that the origins of musicality—
the capacity that makes it possible for us to perceive, appreciate and produce music—can …

Conspecific vocalizations differ from many other sounds in that they have natural incentive
salience. Our thinking about auditory responses to vocalizations may therefore benefit from …

The search for common characteristics between the musical abilities of humans and other
animal species is still taking its first steps. One of the most promising aspects from a …

Humans easily recognize “transposed” musical melodies shifted up or down in log
frequency. Surprisingly, songbirds seem to lack this capacity, although they can learn to …

Pitch is a percept of sound that is based in part on fundamental frequency. Although pitch
can be defined in a way that is clearly separable from other aspects of musical sounds, such …

Highlights•A meta-analysis of factors that may affect auditory discrimination
learning.•Females learned auditory discriminations faster than males.•Developmental …

Since Darwin, researchers have proposed that human musicality evolved in a reproductive
context in which males produce music to signal their mate quality to females. Sexually …

In temperate songbirds, song is traditionally considered a reproductive and territorial signal
produced by males. Previous research has described the production of male and female …

Since Darwin (1871), researchers have proposed that musicality evolved in a reproductive
context in which males produce music to signal their mate quality. The extent to which …

A variety of parrot species have recently gained attention as members of a small group of
non-human animals that are capable of coordinating their movements in time with a rhythmic …