Biomusicology
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"As far as biological cause and effect are concerned, music is useless. It shows no signs of design for attaining a goal such as long life, grandchildren, or the accurate perception and prediction of the world." --How the Mind Works (1997) by Steven Pinker |
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Biomusicology is the study of music from a biological point of view. The term was coined by Nils L. Wallin in 1991. Music is an aspect of the behaviour of the human and possibly other species. As humans are living organisms, the scientific study of music is therefore part of biology, thus the "bio" in "biomusicology."
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- Biogenetic structuralism
- Biolinguistics
- Biophony
- Bird song
- Chronobiology
- Entrainment (Biomusicology)
- Evolutionary musicology
- Music therapy
- Sociocultural evolution
- Vocal learning
- Whale song
- Zoomusicology
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