Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Lumaca, Massimo"
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Brain potentials predict learning, transmission and modification of an artificial symbolic system
Lumaca, Massimo; Baggio, Giosuè (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)It has recently been argued that symbolic systems evolve while they are being transmitted across generations of learners, gradually adapting to the relevant brain structures and processes. In the context of this hypothesis, ... -
Cultural transmission and evolution of melodic structures in multi-generational signaling games
Lumaca, Massimo; Baggio, Giosuè (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)It has been proposed that languages evolve by adapting to the perceptual and cognitive constraints of the human brain, developing, in the course of cultural transmission, structural regularities that maximize or optimize ... -
From random to regular: Neural constraints on the emergence of isochronous rhythm during cultural transmission
Lumaca, Massimo; Haumann, Niels Trusbak; Vuust, Peter; Brattico, Elvira; Baggio, Giosuè (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A core design feature of human communication systems and expressive behaviours is their temporal organization. The cultural evolutionary origins of this feature remain unclear. Here, we test the hypothesis that regularities ... -
Functional connectivity in human auditory networks and the origins of variation in the transmission of musical systems
Lumaca, Massimo; Kleber, Boris; Brattico, Elvira; Vuust, Peter; Baggio, Giosuè (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Music producers, whether original composers or performers, vary in their ability to acquire and faithfully transmit music. This form of variation may serve as a mechanism for the emergence of new traits in musical systems. ... -
Music Evolution in the Laboratory: Cultural Transmission Meets Neurophysiology
Lumaca, Massimo; Ravignani, Andrea; Baggio, Giosuè (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the biological and cultural evolution of music, and specifically in the role played by perceptual and cognitive factors in shaping core features of musical systems, such ...