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...

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