The evolution of music as artistic cultural innovation expressing intuitive thought symbolically

Valerie van Mulukom

doi:10.1017/S0140525X20001260

The evolution of music as artistic cultural innovation expressing intuitive thought symbolically

Valerie van Mulukom

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Abstract

Music is an artistic cultural innovation, and therefore it may be considered as intuitive thought expressed in symbols, which can efficiently convey multiple meanings in learning, thinking, and transmission, selected for and passed on through cultural evolution. The symbolic system has personal adaptive benefits besides social ones, which should not be overlooked even if music may tend more to the latter.

Original language	English
Article number	e91
Number of pages	3
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	44
Early online date	30 Sept 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20001260
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Keywords

music
imagination
evolution
cultural evolution
symbolic systems
arts
awe
extraordinary experiences
self-transcendence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology(all)

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