Music production deficits and social bonding: The case of poor-pitch singing.
Peter Q PfordresherPublished in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2021)
Both of the companion target articles place considerable performance on music performance ability, with specific attention paid to singing in harmony for the music and social bonding (MSB) hypothesis proposed by Savage and colleagues. In this commentary, I evaluate results from recent research on singing accuracy in light of their implications for the MSB hypothesis.