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If music be the food of love, play on: Four ways that music may lead to social connection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Shira Gabriel Open the ORCID record for Shira Gabriel [Opens in a new window]  and
Elaine Paravati
Shira Gabriel
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State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. sgabriel@buffalo.edu
Elaine Paravati
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA. esparava@buffalo.edu
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Abstract

The hypothesis that music is well suited to facilitate social bonding (Savage et al., target article) is highly consistent with social psychological research on the need to belong. We explore how music is uniquely placed to increase feelings of connections to large collectives by increasing collective effervescence, providing narratives, reminding one of others, and providing social surrogates.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e71
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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