A5049671913- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Marine animal studies overview
- Language and cultural evolution
- Music and Audio Processing
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Royal Academy of Music
2021-2025
Aarhus University
2021-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2023-2025
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
2017-2024
Tecumseh Products (United States)
2024
University of Turin
2023
University of Victoria
2023
University of Warwick
2023
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2015-2021
Google (United States)
2021
Both music and language are found in all known human societies, yet no studies have compared similarities differences between song, speech, instrumental on a global scale. In this Registered Report, we analyzed two datasets: (i) 300 annotated audio recordings representing matched sets of traditional songs, recited lyrics, conversational melodies from our 75 coauthors speaking 55 languages; (ii) 418 previously published adult-directed song speech 209 individuals 16 languages. Of six...
Abstract Anecdotally, horses' gaits sound rhythmic. Are they really? In this study, we quantified the motor rhythmicity of horses across three different (walk, trot, and canter). For first time, adopted quantitative tools from bioacoustics music cognition to quantify locomotor rhythmicity. Specifically, tested whether kinematics data contained rhythmic categories; these occur when adjacent temporal intervals are categorically, rather than randomly, distributed. We extracted motion cycle...
A central goal of biomusicology is to understand the biological basis human musicality. One approach this problem has been compare core components musicality (relative pitch perception, entrainment, etc.) with similar capacities in other animal species. Here we extend and clarify comparative respect rhythm. First, whereas most comparisons between music acoustic behavior have focused on spectral properties (melody harmony), argue for importance temporal properties, propose that domain ripe...
Many foundational questions in the psychology of music require cross-cultural approaches, yet vast majority work field to date has been conducted with Western participants and music. For research thrive, it will collaboration between people from different disciplinary backgrounds, as well strategies for overcoming differences assumptions, methods, terminology. This position paper surveys current state offers a number concrete recommendations focused on issues involving ethics, empirical...
Isochrony is crucial to the rhythm of human music. Some neural, behavioral and anatomical traits underlying perception production are shared with a broad range species. These may either have common evolutionary origin, or evolved into similar under different pressures. Other rare across species, only found in humans few other animals. Isochrony, stable periodicity, most music, but isochronous behaviors also many It appears paradoxical that particularly good at producing perceiving patterns,...
How did rhythm originate in humans, and other species? One cross-cultural universal, frequently found human music, is isochrony: when note onsets repeat regularly like the ticking of a clock. Another universal consists synchrony (e.g. individuals coordinate their notes so that they are sung at same time). An approach to biomusicology focuses on similarities differences across species, trying build phylogenies musical traits. Here we test for presence of, link between, isochrony non-human...
Recursive procedures that allow placing a vocal signal inside another of similar kind provide neuro-computational blueprint for syntax and phonology in spoken language human song. There are, however, no known sequences among nonhuman primates arranged self-embedded patterns evince recursion or potential incipient evolutionary transitional forms thereof, suggesting neuro-cognitive transformation exclusive to humans. Here, we uncover wild flanged male orangutan long calls feature rhythmically...
Cumulative tool-based culture underwrote our species' evolutionary success, and nut-cracking is one of the strongest candidates for cultural transmission in closest relatives, chimpanzees. However social learning processes that may explain both similarities differences between species remain unclear. A previous study by initially naïve chimpanzees suggested a chimpanzee holding no hammer nevertheless replicated hammering actions it witnessed. This observation has potentially important...
Humans have a strong proclivity for structuring and patterning stimuli: Whether in space or time, we tend to mentally order stimuli our environment organize them into units with specific types of relationships. A crucial prerequisite such organization is the cognitive ability discern process regularities among multiple stimuli. To investigate evolutionary roots this capacity, tested chimpanzees-which, along bonobos, are closest living relatives-for simple, variable distance dependency...
Research on the evolution of human speech and music benefits from hypotheses data generated in a number disciplines. The purpose this article is to illustrate high relevance pinniped research for study speech, musical rhythm, their origins, bridging complementing current primates birds. We briefly discuss vocal learning, rhythm an evolutionary comparative perspective. review state art communication behavior relevant music, showing interesting parallels rhythmic early hominids. suggest future...
Tail wagging is a conspicuous behaviour in domestic dogs ( Canis familiaris ). Despite how much meaning humans attribute to this display, its quantitative description and evolutionary history are rarely studied. We summarize what known about the mechanism, ontogeny, function evolution of behaviour. suggest two hypotheses explain increased occurrence frequency compared other canids. During domestication process, enhanced rhythmic tail could have (i) arisen as by-product selection for traits,...
The appreciation of music is a universal trait humankind.1Zatorre R.J. Salimpoor V.N. From perception to pleasure: and its neural substrates.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2013; 110: 10430-10437Crossref PubMed Scopus (0) Google Scholar,2Singh M. Mehr S.A. Universality, domain-specificity development psychological responses music.Nat Rev Psychol. 2023; 2: 333-346Crossref (2) Scholar,3Trehub S.E. developmental origins musicality.Nat. Neurosci. 2003; 6: 669-673Crossref (302) Scholar Evidence...
Sensitivity to dependencies (correspondences between distant items) in sensory stimuli plays a crucial role human music and language. Here, we show that squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) can detect abstract, non-adjacent auditory stimuli. Monkeys discriminated tone sequences containing dependency those lacking it, generalized previously unheard pitch classes novel distances. This constitutes the first pattern learning study where artificial were designed with species' communication system...
Research on the evolution of human speech and phonology benefits from comparative approach: structural, spectral, temporal features can be extracted compared across species in an attempt to reconstruct evolutionary history speech. Here we focus analytical tools measure compare structure animal vocalizations. We introduce reader a range statistical methods usable, one hand, quantify rhythmic complexity single vocalizations, other between multiple These include: time series analysis,...
Abstract Communicating species identity is a key component of many animal signals. However, whether selection for recognition systematically increases signal diversity during clade radiation remains debated. Here we show that in woodpecker drumming, rhythmic used mating and territorial defense, the amount information encoded remained stable woodpeckers’ radiation. Acoustic analyses evolutionary reconstructions interchange among six main drumming types despite strong phylogenetic...
Abstract The search for common characteristics between the musical abilities of humans and other animal species is still taking its first steps. One most promising aspects from a comparative point view analysis rhythmic components, which are crucial features human communicative performance but also well-identifiable patterns in vocal displays species. Therefore, study rhythm becoming essential to understand mechanisms singing behavior evolution communication. Recent findings provided...
Rhythmic patterns in interactive contexts characterize human behaviours such as conversational turn-taking. These timed are also present other animals, and often described rhythm. Understanding fine-grained temporal adjustments interaction requires complementary quantitative methodologies. Here, we showcase how vocal rhythmicity a non-human animal can be quantified using multi-method approach. We record interactions harbour seal pups (Phoca vitulina) under controlled conditions. analyse...