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Clarifying the link between music and social bonding by measuring prosociality in context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Matthew E. Sachs Open the ORCID record for Matthew E. Sachs [Opens in a new window] ,
Oriel FeldmanHall  and
Diana I. Tamir
Matthew E. Sachs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Center for Science and Society, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA ms5924@columbia.edu
Oriel FeldmanHall
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA Oriel_FeldmanHall@brown.edu
Diana I. Tamir
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA dtamir@princeton.edu
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Abstract

To corroborate the music and social bonding hypothesis, we propose that future investigations isolate specific components of social bonding and consider the influence of context. We deconstruct and operationalize social bonding through the lens of social psychology and provide examples of specific measures that can be used to assess how the link between music and sociality varies by context.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e90
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