Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 08:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Music is one of the surest ways to influence human emotions; most people unconsciously recognise and respond to music that is happy, sad, fearful or mellow. But psychologists who have tried to trace the evolutionary roots of these responses usually hit a dead end. Nonhuman primates scarcely respond to human music, and instead prefer silence...