Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:54:12 +0100 Reply-To: "Ian Pitchford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [evol-psych] Music binds people, animals Music binds people, animals Songs carry a deep, ancestral meaning April 26, 2001 BY ROBERT S. BOYD FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF WASHINGTON -- A taste for music goes back millions of years in evolution, long before humans split off from our ancestral tree. Using tools such as electronic brain scans and deep-sea microphones, scientists are discovering that animals such as birds, whales and apes create, perform and listen to music. Their research casts new light on the origin of human language and culture, and helps explain why music has such a powerful emotional effect on people. They have found that musical rhythms and tones are processed in the older, deeper regions of the brain -- the parts humans share with our animal ancestors -- not in the outer layers where higher functions like speech and thought reside. Full text: http://www.freep.com/news/nw/music26_20010426.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ligia Parra-Esteban Directora Fundacion VOC de Investigacion de la Comunicacion Entre Cientificos. Apartado Aereo 86745 Bogota. Colombia. http://www.mox.uniandes.edu.co/voc Telefono (+) 571-6242075 Fax (+) 571-6139654 Zona Postal 1102 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secretario Junta Directiva Luis H. Blanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Laboratorio de Investigaciones Basicas. Bloque 9 Ciudad Universitaria. Unidad Camilo Torres. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================= Si necesita retirarse de la lista envie un mensaje a: [EMAIL PROTECTED] con una unica linea : unsubscribe r-caldas Para inscribirse en la lista envie un mensaje a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con una unica linea : subscribe r-caldas Los mensajes que circulan en la lista los puede consultar en : http://www.mail-archive.com/r-caldas@colciencias.gov.co
