Studying Synchronization to a Musical Beat in Nonhuman Animals Conferences

abstract

• The recent discovery of spontaneous synchronization to music in a nonhuman animal (the sulphur‐crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita eleonora) raises several questions. How does this behavior differ from nonmusical synchronization abilities in other species, such as synchronized frog calls or firefly flashes? What significance does the behavior have for debates over the evolution of human music? What kinds of animals can synchronize to musical rhythms, and what are the key methodological issues for research in this area? This paper addresses these questions and proposes some refinements to the “vocal learning and rhythmic synchronization hypothesis.”

authors

• Patel, Aniruddh D
• Iversen, John Rehner
• Bregman, Micah R
• Schulz, Irena

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2009

has subject area

• Animals (MeSH)
• Auditory Perception (MeSH)
• Birds (MeSH)
• General Science & Technology (Science Metrix)
• Music (MeSH)
• Periodicity (MeSH)
• Primates (MeSH)

published in

• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  Journal

presented at event

• Conference on the Neurosciences and Music III  Conference

keywords

• Animals
• Auditory Perception
• Birds
• Music
• Periodicity
• Primates

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04581.x

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1-57331-739-9

PubMed ID

• 19673824

start page

• 459

end page

• 469

volume

• 1169

issue

• 1