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Is the MSB hypothesis (music as a coevolved system for social bonding) testable in the Popperian sense?

Jonathan B Fritz
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2021)
"Music As a Coevolved System for Social Bonding" (MSB) is a brilliant synthesis and appealing hypothesis offering insights into the evolution and social bonding of musicality, but is so broad and sweeping it will be challenging to test, prove or falsify in the Popperian sense (Popper, 1959). After general comments, I focus my critique on underlying neurobiological mechanisms, and offer some suggestions for experimental tests of MSB.
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