New review out today! Check it out! nature.com/articles/s4415…

What rhythm production can tell us about culture

Spotlight by Erin Hannon (Erin Hannon) & Joel Snyder on recent Nature Human Behaviour work by Nori Jacoby and colleagues

Free access until June 13: authors.elsevier.com/a/1i%7E7b4sIRv…

Unfortunately, currently only to be seen in the Japan region, but great to see such a well-made, dedicated documentary on the study of the Origins of Music/ality #origins #biology #culture UvA Amsterdam UvA Geesteswetenschappen UvA Faculty of Science UvA Institute for Advanced Study IBED Robert Prior The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social

Snippit from a one-hour documentary by NHK on the Origins of Music ! #origins #music #crosscultural #crossspecies w/ Psyche Loui Pat Savage and many more...

Fat Tony leest ons essay voor (gepubliceerd in Scientific American).
youtu.be/j7llLtDdTac?si…
The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Nautilus Magazine

「音楽の起源」を探るヒントを求めて訪れたのはアフリカ狩猟採集民族「バカ族」。

１０～２０万年前の人類に近いＤＮＡを持つと考えられてる彼らはなんと😲一日中歌っているのです！！
彼らの暮らしを理解することで音楽の起源に迫ります。
📅５/７(火)夜9時 @ BS
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか

youtube.com/watch?v=j7llLt…

On the origins of music w/ Psyche Loui Pat Savage Yuko Hattori and many others

「音楽」はなぜ生まれたのか？

未だ明確な答えは見つかっていません。
この壮大な謎に研究者が挑んでいます。

明日の4K先行放送は
『ヒトはなぜ歌うのか』
🎵BSP4K 明日夜10時🎵
nhk.jp/p/frontiers?ci…

要チェックや！！
私とShinya Fujii が取材協力者です。でもまだ見ていないので楽しみに待っています！！
Exciting-looking 🇯🇵 documentary on music and evolution by フロンティア that Shinya Fujii and I contributed to coming out tomorrow, featuring Henkjan Honing Psyche Loui and many more!

New paper : sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Enormous CONGRATULATIONS to Noah Henry who recently passed his PhD viva!

Exploring modelling music selection with applications for psychology-informed recommender systems

Noah will shortly move to take up a Post-Doc position at the University of Amsterdam with Henkjan Honing

Oh lord, Dan Dennett has died. That's a huge loss to the intellectosphere. He ruffled lots of feathers and often divided opinion, but he was a phenomenal thinker and always worth listening to. And a fabulous writer.

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