Language Of Music Really Is Universal, Study Finds

Language of music really is universal, study finds

Published: Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:32 in Psychology & Sociology
Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music, according to a new report published online on March 19th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The result shows that the expression of those three basic emotions in music can be universally recognized, the researchers said.

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