Musical training has emerged as a useful framework for the investigation of training-related
plasticity in the human brain. Learning to play an instrument is a highly complex task that …

Music has existed in human societies since prehistory, perhaps because it allows
expression and regulation of emotion and evokes pleasure. In this review, we present …

Previous research has shown that the matching of rhythmic behaviour between individuals
(synchrony) increases cooperation. Such synchrony is most noticeable in music, dance and …

A classic work that situates linguistic theory in the broader cognitive sciences, formulating
and developing the minimalist program. In his foundational book, The Minimalist Program …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

Sadness is generally seen as a negative emotion, a response to distressing and adverse
situations. In an aesthetic context, however, sadness is often associated with some degree …

It has long been debated which aspects of music perception are universal and which are
developed only after exposure to a specific musical culture [1–5]. Here, we report a …

Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so
many areas of our lives-from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied …

In this response to Pinker and Jackendoff's critique, we extend our previous framework for
discussion of language evolution, clarifying certain distinctions and elaborating on a number …