Subject: animals and music From: Roger Watt <r.j.watt(at)STIR.AC.UK> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:44:46 -0000Can anyone hazard a guess at whether there are any captive animals that are not daily immersed in music, because the people round about listen to music? Before anyone jumps to conclusions about this stuff, I would have thought it important to establish whether music is as encultured in these animals as it is in humans. One way of looking at sensory and perceptual systems is that they are just pattern detectors. One way of looking at music is that it is just (playful) pattern. Roger Watt University of Stirling -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind.