Evolutionary psychology/Bibliography

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• Rinaldi A (2009). "Speak to me, melody. Music's biological roots and its relationships with language under scrutiny". EMBO Rep 10 (12): 1294-7. DOI:10.1038/embor.2009.241. PMID 19949409. PMC PMC2799200. Research Blogging. ^[e]

A cursory overview about research into the origin of music and its links to the origin of speech, as well as potential genetic contributions to music perception and production and to related brain disorders. An aspect that is missing is comparative data from other species.

• Toni, I.; F.P. De Lange & M.L. Noordzij et al. (2008), "Language beyond action", Journal of Physiology-Paris 102: 71-79, DOI:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.03.005 ^[e]

"Without denying the enormous importance of the discovery of mirror neurons, we highlight the limits of their explanatory power for understanding language and communication."