Love songs and serenades: a theoretical review of music and romantic relationships

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15

Опубликована: Фев. 14, 2024

In this theoretical review, we examine how the roles of music in mate choice and social bonding are expressed romantic relationships. Darwin’s Descent Man originally proposed idea that musicality might have evolved as a sexually selected trait. This proposition, coupled with portrayal popular musicians sex symbols prevalence love-themed lyrics music, suggests possible link between attraction. However, recent scientific exploration evolutionary functions has predominantly focused on theories group signaling, limited research addressing sexual selection hypothesis. We identify two distinct types music-making for these different functions: attraction, which would be virtuosic nature to display physical cognitive fitness potential mates; connection, facilitate synchrony partners likely engage same reward mechanisms seen general synchrony-bonding effect, enhancing perceived interpersonal intimacy facet love. Linking musical psychological relationship development components love, present model outlines relationships, from initial attraction ongoing maintenance. addition synthesizing existing literature, our serves roadmap empirical aimed at rigorously investigating

Язык: Английский

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Comparison of speech and music input in North American infants’ home environment over the first 2 years of life

Developmental Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(5)

Опубликована: Май 21, 2024

Abstract Infants are immersed in a world of sounds from the moment their auditory system becomes functional, and experience with shapes how brain processes environment. Across cultures, speech music two dominant signals infants’ daily lives. Decades research have repeatedly shown that both quantity quality input play critical roles infant language development. Less is known about infants receive This study first to compare across infancy by analyzing longitudinal dataset daylong audio recordings collected English‐learning home environments, at 6, 10, 14, 18, 24 months age. Using crowdsourcing approach, 643 naïve listeners annotated 12,000 short snippets (10 s) randomly sampled using Zooniverse, an online citizen‐science platform. Results show overall significantly more than gap widens as get older. At every age point, were exposed electronic device in‐person source; this pattern was reversed for speech. The percentage intended remained same over time while increased We propose possible explanations limited compared observed present (North American) discuss future directions. also opportunities caveats approach analyze large datasets. A video abstract article can be viewed https://youtu.be/lFj_sEaBMN4 Research Highlights natural environment infancy. utilized annotate North American environments. Our main results input. showed largely devices not infants, opposite

Язык: Английский

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Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 64, С. 101313 - 101313

Опубликована: Окт. 24, 2023

Infant-directed singing has unique acoustic characteristics that may allow even very young infants to respond the rhythms carried through caregiver's voice. The goal of this study was examine neural and movement responses live dynamic maternal in 7-month-old their relation linguistic development. In total, 60 mother-infant dyads were observed during two conditions (playsong lullaby). Study 1 (n = 30), we measured infant EEG used an encoding approach utilizing ridge regressions measure tracking. 2 =40), coded rhythmic movements. both studies, assessed children's vocabulary when they 20 months old. 1, found above-threshold tracking singing, with superior lullabies than playsongs. We also features infant-directed modulated 2, showed more playsongs lullabies. Importantly, coordination (Study 1) 2) positively related infants' expressive at months. These results highlight importance brain musical presentations, potentially as a function variability.

Язык: Английский

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Lights on music cognition: A systematic and critical review of fNIRS applications and future perspectives

Brain and Cognition, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 180, С. 106200 - 106200

Опубликована: Июнь 21, 2024

Research investigating the neural processes related to music perception and production constitutes a well-established field within cognitive neurosciences. While most neuroimaging tools have limitations in studying complexity of musical experiences, functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) represents promising, relatively new tool for both laboratory ecological settings, which is also suitable typical pathological populations across development. Here we systematically review fNIRS studies on cognition, highlighting prospects potentialities. We include an overview basic theory, together with brief comparison characteristics other tools. Fifty-nine meeting inclusion criteria (i.e., using as primary stimulus) are presented five thematic sections. Critical discussion methodology leads us propose guidelines good practices aiming robust signal analyses reproducibility. A continuously updated world map proposed, including information from criteria. It provides organized, accessible, updatable reference database, could serve catalyst future collaborations community. In conclusion, shows potential music, particularly contexts special populations, aligning current research priorities cognition.

Язык: Английский

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The Active Infant's Developing Role in Musical Interactions: Insights From an Online Parent Questionnaire

Infancy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 30(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Musical interactions between caregivers and their infants typically rely on a limited repertoire of live vocal songs recorded music. Research suggests that these well‐known are especially effective at eliciting engaged behaviors from in controlled settings, but how respond to familiar music with everyday environment remains unclear. The current study used an online questionnaire quantify often why present certain musical recordings infants. Using cross‐sectional approach, we explored infants' changing behavioral profiles birth 24 months. Caregivers additionally reported feelings affective attachment toward Results reveal sing play for younger older comparably high rates. In turn, actively favorite by demonstrating positive emotions, movements, attentive listening. mainly consider preferences when building shared home. Both caregivers' engagement activities children enthusiastic responsiveness singing predicted stronger dyadic bonding. jointly contribute relationships, relationships may be intertwined emerging social‐emotional bonds.

Язык: Английский

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I Love Music! It Harmonizes Me! : Listening to Music Based on Adaptive Function of Music Listening (AFML) and its Influence on Study Engagement in Physical Education – A Cross-Sectional Study

Empirical Studies of the Arts, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 20, 2025

Music is more than just background noise—it shapes emotions, reinforces identity, and enhances engagement. This study examined the association between adaptive functions of music listening student engagement in Physical Education among first- second-year college students Philippines. Findings revealed that for functioning significantly associated with Specifically, emotional regulation identity alignment was positively linked to engagement, while stress showed a negative association, suggesting reliance on relief may hinder full participation PE. Despite these insights, limited by self-report data, sample scope, its quantitative approach, which focuses associations rather causation. Future research should explore cross-cultural contexts, incorporate qualitative perspectives, examine additional factors. These findings highlight complex role education potential enhance motivation

Язык: Английский

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Temporal patterns in the complexity of child-directed song lyrics reflect their functions

Communications Psychology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 3(1)

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

Content produced for young audiences is structured to present opportunities learning and social interactions. This research examines multi-scale temporal changes in predictability Child-directed songs. We developed a technique based on Kolmogorov complexity quantify the rate of change textual information content over time. method was applied corpus 922 English, Spanish, French publicly available child adult-directed texts. song lyrics (CDSongs) showed overall lower compared Adult-directed songs (ADsongs), associated with higher number YouTube views. CDSongs relatively at beginning end ADSongs. ADSongs non-uniform rate, but these periodic oscillatory patterns were more predictable These findings suggest that optimal balance between expressivity differs child- content, also timescales potentially support multiple children's needs. In multilingual child-directed songs, an analysis cumulative-compressibility reveals multiscale could different relevant fuctions, e.g. attention, bonding.

Язык: Английский

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Emotional Connection, Social Interaction, and Content Performance Quality in Building Fan Loyalty on Indonesian Indie Music Streaming Platforms

Sinergi International Journal of Management and Business, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 3(1), С. 43 - 58

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

The rapid evolution of digital technologies has reshaped the global music industry, particularly through streaming platforms. This research examines optimization fan loyalty within Indonesia’s indie scene on platforms like Spotify and YouTube Music by analyzing influence emotional connection, social interaction, content performance quality. Using a descriptive-verifiable design Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with 300 platform users, study finds that these factors significantly impact satisfaction, engagement, perceived value, ultimately driving loyalty. Satisfaction acts as critical mediator, reinforcing its role in formation. findings offer strategic insights for artists platforms, emphasizing importance personalized content, community-driven features, high-quality production fostering deeper engagement ensuring long-term sustainability industry.

Язык: Английский

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Neural oscillations suggest periodicity encoding during auditory beat processing in the premature brain

Developmental Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июль 15, 2024

When exposed to rhythmic patterns with temporal regularity, adults exhibit an inherent ability extract and anticipate underlying sequence of regularly spaced beats, which is internally constructed, as beats are experienced even when no events occur at beat positions (e.g., in the case rests). Perception rhythm synchronization periodicity indispensable for development cognitive functions, social interaction, adaptive behavior. We evaluated neural oscillatory activity premature newborns (n = 19, mean age, 32 ± 2.59 weeks gestational age) during exposure auditory sequence, aiming identify early traces encoding processing through entrainment oscillations this stage neurodevelopment. The elicited a systematic modulation alpha power, synchronized expected locations coinciding both tones rests, independent whether was preceded by tone or rest. In addition, periodic alpha-band fluctuations reached maximal power slightly before corresponding onset times. Together, our results show brain involving range that much faster than tempo, alignment consistent observations on predictive regularities rhythms. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: response presented pattern, modulations showed extracted regularity beat. contrast evoked potentials, greatly reduced there sounds event, occurred rests way. findings provide first evidence coding perception age term.

Язык: Английский

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Building the bond: Exploring the social functions of infant-directed speech and song

Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2023

The bond between an infant and their primary caregiver plays a pivotal role in the infant’s social, emotional, cognitive development. Central to this bonding process is affective or emotional communication, dynamic multifaceted aspect of growing caregiver-infant relationship. This review delves into social-emotional dimensions two channels communication infancy: infant-directed (ID) speech song. While existing research has recognized nature both phenomena, very few studies thus far have directly examined specific questions regarding content ID persist song play during formation To improve our understanding, following explores properties A side-by-side approach used illustrate how caregivers convey information through each channel infants respond modulate input. We further discuss studying vocalizations from social perspective may shed light on early process.

Язык: Английский

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