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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021

The evolutionary benefit of less-credible affective musical signals for emotion induction during storytelling.

Caitlyn Trevor, Sascha Frühholz

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Caitlyn TrevorDepartment of Psychology, University of Zurich, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Binzmuehlestrasse 14, 8050Zurich, Switzerlandcaitlyn.trevor@psychologie.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-8418-3443
Sascha FrühholzDepartment of Psychology, University of Zurich, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Binzmuehlestrasse 14, 8050Zurich, Switzerlandcaitlyn.trevor@psychologie.uzh.ch.

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Abstract

The credible signaling theory underexplains the evolutionary added value of less-credible affective musical signals compared to vocal signals. The theory might be extended to account for the motivation for, and consequences of, culturally decontextualizing a biologically contextualized signal. Musical signals are twofold, communicating "emotional fiction" alongside biological meaning, and could have filled an adaptive need for affect induction during storytelling.

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MusicBiological EvolutionCommunicationEmotionsHumans

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