Language Of Music Really Is Universal, Study Finds

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 18:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music, according to a new article. The result shows that the expression of those three basic emotions in music can be universally recognized, the researchers said.

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