Subject: [AUDITORY] Book announcement From: Henkjan Honing <honing@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:17:05 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-3F955687-BCAC-49B6-BD7F-591A2ACE853B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Origins of Musicality | Edited by Henkjan Honing Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and= make music =20 https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/origins-musicality Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they= do for language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't c= arry a tune and consider ourselves =E2=80=9Cunmusical.=E2=80=9D This volume o= ffers interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate= , and make music. Scholars from biology, musicology, neurology, genetics, co= mputer science, anthropology, psychology, and other fields consider what mus= ic is for and why every human culture has it; whether musicality is a unique= ly human capacity; and what biological and cognitive mechanisms underlie it.= Contributors outline a research program in musicality, and discuss issues in= studying the evolution of music; consider principles, constraints, and theo= ries of origins; review musicality from cross-cultural, cross-species, and c= ross-domain perspectives; discuss the computational modeling of animal song a= nd creativity; and offer a historical context for the study of musicality. T= he volume aims to identify the basic neurocognitive mechanisms that constitu= te musicality (and effective ways to study these in human and nonhuman anima= ls) and to develop a method for analyzing musical phenotypes that point to t= he biological basis of musicality. Contributors Jorge L. Armony, Judith Becker, Simon E. Fisher, W. Tecumseh Fi= tch, Bruno Gingras, Jessica Grahn, Yuko Hattori, Marisa Hoeschele, Henkjan H= oning, David Huron, Dieuwke Hupkes, Yukiko Kikuchi, Julia Kursell, Marie-=C3= =89laine Lagrois, Hugo Merchant, Bj=C3=B6rn Merker, Iain Morley, Aniruddh D.= Patel, Isabelle Peretz, Martin Rohrmeier, Constance Scharff, Carel ten Cate= , Laurel J. Trainor, Sandra E. Trehub, Peter Tyack, Dominique Vuvan, Geraint= Wiggins, Willem Zuidema . --Apple-Mail-3F955687-BCAC-49B6-BD7F-591A2ACE853B Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equ= iv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div><span></span= ></div><div><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"><div><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">The Origins of Musicality</sp= an> | Edited by Henkjan Honing</div><div> <span style=3D"font-styl= e: italic;">Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appr= eciate, and make music</span> </div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/origins-musicality" style=3D"caret-color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color=3D"#00000= 0">https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/origins-musicality</font></a></div> <div> </div> <div><br></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857em; fo= nt-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk W01", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus= Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 16.940000534057617px; -webkit-tap-high= light-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;">Rese= arch shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do f= or language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't carry a= tune and consider ourselves =E2=80=9Cunmusical.=E2=80=9D This volume offers= interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and= make music. Scholars from biology, musicology, neurology, genetics, compute= r science, anthropology, psychology, and other fields consider what music is= for and why every human culture has it; whether musicality is a uniquely hu= man capacity; and what biological and cognitive mechanisms underlie it.</spa= n></div> <div> </div> <div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857em; fo= nt-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk W01", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus= Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 16.940000534057617px; -webkit-tap-high= light-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;">Cont= ributors outline a research program in musicality, and discuss issues in stu= dying the evolution of music; consider principles, constraints, and theories= of origins; review musicality from cross-cultural, cross-species, and cross= -domain perspectives; discuss the computational modeling of animal song and c= reativity; and offer a historical context for the study of musicality. The v= olume aims to identify the basic neurocognitive mechanisms that constitute m= usicality (and effective ways to study these in human and nonhuman animals) a= nd to develop a method for analyzing musical phenotypes that point to the bi= ological basis of musicality.</span></div> <div> </div> <div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857em; fo= nt-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk W01", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus= Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 16.940000534057617px; -webkit-tap-high= light-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; font-= weight: bold;">Contributors</span><span style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; fon= t-weight: bold;"> </span><span style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;">Jorge L= . Armony, Judith Becker, Simon E. Fisher, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Bruno Gingras, J= essica Grahn, Yuko Hattori, Marisa Hoeschele, Henkjan Honing, David Huron, D= ieuwke Hupkes, Yukiko Kikuchi, Julia Kursell, Marie-=C3=89laine Lagrois, Hug= o Merchant, Bj=C3=B6rn Merker, Iain Morley, Aniruddh D. Patel, Isabelle Pere= tz, Martin Rohrmeier, Constance Scharff, Carel ten Cate, Laurel J. Trainor, S= andra E. Trehub, Peter Tyack, Dominique Vuvan, Geraint Wiggins, Willem Zuide= ma</span></div> <div> </div> <div>.</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3F955687-BCAC-49B6-BD7F-591A2ACE853B--