{"product_id":"the-evolving-animal-orchestra","title":"The Evolving Animal Orchestra","description":"\u003cb\u003eA music researcher's quest to discover other musical species.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven those of us who can't play a musical instrument or lack a sense of rhythm can perceive and enjoy music. Research shows that all humans possess the trait of musicality. We are a musical species--but are we the only musical species? Is our musical predisposition unique, like our linguistic ability? In \u003ci\u003eThe Evolving Animal Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e, Henkjan Honing embarks upon a quest to discover if humans share the trait of musicality with other animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Darwin believed that musicality was a capacity of all animals, human and nonhuman, with a clear biological basis. Taking this as his starting point, Honing--a music cognition researcher--visits a series of biological research centers to observe the ways that animals respond to music. He has studied scientists' accounts of Snowball, the cockatoo who could dance to a musical beat, and of Ronan, the sea lion, who was trained to move her head to a beat. Now Honing will be able to make his own observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoning tests a rhesus monkey for beat perception via an EEG; performs a listening experiment with zebra finches; considers why birds sing, and if they intend their songs to be musical; explains why many animals have perfect pitch; and watches marine mammals respond to sounds. He reports on the unforeseen twists and turns, doubts, and oversights that are a part of any scientific research--and which point to as many questions as answers. But, as he shows us, science is closing in on the biological and evolutionary source of our musicality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50010039222522,"sku":"9780262039321","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_38109070-b8b8-41b7-8e6e-0534f8c00275.jpg?v=1786130527","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/the-evolving-animal-orchestra","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}