Department of Psychology, New York University, NY 10003, USA.
Top Cogn Sci. 2012 Oct;4(4):498-512. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01220.x. Epub 2012 Sep 7.
Is the human tendency toward musicality better thought of as the product of a specific, evolved instinct or an acquired skill? Developmental and evolutionary arguments are considered, along with issues of domain-specificity. The article also considers the question of why humans might be consistently and intensely drawn to music if musicality is not in fact the product of a specifically evolved instinct.
人类对音乐的倾向是特定进化本能的产物,还是后天习得的技能?本文考虑了发展和进化的论点,以及特定领域的问题。如果音乐性实际上不是特定进化本能的产物,那么人类为什么会一直被音乐强烈吸引,这也是本文要探讨的问题。