Beyond "consistent with" adaptation: Is there a robust test for music adaptation?. (30th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tichko, Parker; Bird, Kevin A.; Kohn, Gregory
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 44(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-09-30
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X20001132
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: In their article, Mehr et al. conclude that the design features of music are consistent with adaptations for credible signaling. Although appealing to design may seem like a plausible basis for identifying adaptations, probing adaptive theories of music must be done at the genomic level and will require a functional understanding of the genomic, phenotypic, and fitness properties of music.