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The Evolution of Emotional Communication - From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man (Hardcover)
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The Evolution of Emotional Communication - From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man (Hardcover)
Series: Series in Affective Science
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Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the
aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the
family cat? Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high
voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our
own communication system? Can we even see how close animals are
related to us by constructing an evolutionary tree based on
similarities and dissimilarities in acoustic signaling? Research on
the role of emotions in acoustic communication and its evolution
has often been neglected, despite its obvious role in our daily
life. When we infect others with our laugh, soothe a crying baby
with a lullaby, or get goose bumps listening to classical music, we
are barely aware of the complex processes upon which this behavior
is based. It is not facial expressions or body language that are
affecting us, but sound. They are present in music and speech as
"emotional prosody" and allow us to communicate not only verbally
but also emotionally. This groundbreaking book presents a thorough
exploration into how acoustically conveyed emotions are generated
and processed in both animals and man. It is the first volume to
bridge the gap between research in the acoustic communication of
emotions in humans with those in animals, using a comparative
approach. With the communication of emotions being an important
research topic for a range of scientific fields, this book is
valuable for those in the fields of animal behaviour, anthropology,
evolutionary biology, human psychology, linguistics, musicology,
and neurology.
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