Music as an Evolved Tool for Socio-Affective Fiction

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The question of why music evolved has been contemplated and debated for centuries across multiple disciplines. While many theories have been posited, they still do not fully answer the question of why humans began making music. Adding to the effort to solve this mystery, we propose the socio-affective fiction (SAF) hypothesis. Humans have a unique biological need for emotion regulation strengthening. Simulated emotional situations, like dreams, can help address that need. Immersion is key for such simulations to successfully exercise people's emotions. Therefore, we propose that music evolved as a signal for SAF to increase the immersive potential of storytelling and thereby better exercise people's emotions. In this review, we outline the SAF hypothesis and present cross-disciplinary evidence.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Emot Rev

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Emot Rev

Journal ID (publisher-id): EMR

Journal ID (hwp): spemr

Title: Emotion Review

Publisher: SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )

ISSN (Print): 1754-0739

ISSN (Electronic): 1754-0747

Publication date (Electronic): 11 June 2024

Publication date (Print): July 2024

Volume: 16

Issue: 3

Pages: 180-194

Affiliations

[1 ]Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Ringgold 27217, universityUniversity of Zurich; , Zürich, Switzerland

[2 ]Music Department, Ringgold 1724, universityUniversity of Birmingham; , Birmingham, UK

[3 ]Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

[4 ]Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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[*]Caitlyn Trevor and Sascha Frühholz, Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Binzmuhlestrasse 14/18, 8850 Zürich. Email: caitlynmarietrevor@ 123456gmail.com ; s.fruehholz@ 123456gmail.com

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Caitlyn Trevor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8418-3443

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Publisher ID: 10.1177_17540739241259562

DOI: 10.1177/17540739241259562

PMC ID: 11294008

PubMed ID: 39101012

SO-VID: b1e522e1-8fa1-4aaf-9dc5-fb69002f5492

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Funded by: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001711;

Award ID: PP00P1_157409/1

Award ID: PP00P1_183711/1

Funded by: H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/100010665;

Award ID: 835682

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Keywords: evolution,music,emotion,voice,simulation,emotional resilience

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