What is the biological imperative that makes us enjoy music? How is it that just the right collection of sounds can induce such powerful emotional states? And is that experience of music also experienced by other animals? UW-Madison Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Zoology, Charles Snowdon, explains the evolutionary origins of music, and its possible functions for humans, and animals, alike.
Episode Credits
- Norman Gilliland Host
- Charles Snowdon Guest
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