Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 831 - 836
• Main Authors: Schachner, Adena, Brady, Timothy F., Pepperberg, Irene M., Hauser, Marc D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 26.05.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Auditory Perception - physiology; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Dancing; Databases, Factual; Humans; Music; Parrots; Periodicity; SYSNEURO; Vocalization, Animal - physiology; Voice; SYSNEURO

The human capacity for music consists of certain core phenomena, including the tendency to entrain, or align movement, to an external auditory pulse [1–3]. This ability, fundamental both for music production and for coordinated dance, has been repeatedly highlighted as uniquely human [4–11]. However...