Human singing as a form of bio-communication

• Autorzy: Gorzelańczyk E. J. , Podlipniak P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Most probably music, similarly to human speech, represents a biological adaptation [1], and singing is a mode of communication older than speech, present already in ancestors of Homo sapiens [2]. In various species of apes vocal expression has been demonstrated to be linked with expression of emotions [3], which indicates that singing is a carrier of emotional information which in evolution has appeared before formation of Homo sapiens. Hierarchical pattern of processing sound information in human cognitive system [4] allows to assume that singing may induce in the recipient both basic emotions and more complex reactions, linked to altered mood or induction of emotions. Processing of specific musical stimuli evokes specific emotional reactions [5]. Contemporary knowledge on processing of music in the nervous system and evolutionary perspective permit to distinguish such traits of musical course which code data on the type and intensity of emotions. According to the authors, qualitative coding of principal emotions in musical course involves mainly segmental level using physical traits of the sound, such as intensity and timbre of sound while quantitative coding at the suprasegmental level involves mainly changes in tempo and intensity of sounds. In emotional communication conducted through a musical course the shared by the broadcaster and recipient set of culture-specific data on traits of music necessary for its correct processing in specific structures of nervous system, linked to cognitive processes, also plays a significant role. In the study a hierarchical model of singing structure was suggested, which attempts to explain the way in which expression is coded and emotions are perceived in interpersonal communication.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

singing; vocal expression; speech; emotion; communication; coding of emotion; cognitive system

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet Jagielloński - Collegium Medicum ; Index Copernicus Sp. z o.o.
• Czasopismo: Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 7, no. 2
• Strony: 79--83
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 36 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Gorzelańczyk E. J.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University - Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, ul. Jagiellońska 13, Poland

autor

Podlipniak P.

• Nicolaus Copernicus University - Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, ul. Jagiellońska 13, Poland

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