Universality and diversity in human song
Science • Vol/Iss. 366(6468) • American Association for the Advancement of Science • Washington, D.C. • Published In • Pages: eaax0868 •
By Mehr, Samuel A., Singh, Manvir, Knox, Dean, Ketter, Daniel M., Pickens-Jones, Daniel, Atwood, S., Lucas, Christopher, Jacoby, Nori, Egner, Alena A., Hopkins, Erin J., Howard, Rhea M., Hartshorne, Joshua K., Jennings, Mariela V., Simson, Jan, Bainbridge, Constance M., Pinker, Steven, O’Donnell, Timothy J., Krasnow, Max M., Glowacki, Luke
Hypothesis
There is a positive relationship between song type and location within a 3d space (with x,y,z axes of formality, religiosity, and arousal).
Note
This result was statistically significant for three of the four song types (dance: 66%; healing: 74%; love: 62%; ps < .001) though not for lullabies (39%, p = .425)
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permutation test | Supported | p < .001 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |