In adulthood, both music listeners and performers identify music-related emotions as among the primary motivations for engaging with music (Juslin & Laukka, 2004; Lindström, Juslin, Bresin, & Williamon, 2003). Indeed, this aspect of music has been proposed as one possible explanation for the observation that music is found across human cultures (e.g. Trainor, 2015). Thus, the association between music and emotion appears to be present in early infancy and persists throughout the lifetime. The ability to produce and recognize emotional signals is vital for successful social interactions in general. Gestures, facial expressions, language, and music can all contribute to the communication of emotions between humans. Though much of the emotional intent in spoken language is derived from the content of a sentence, emotional intent is also conveyed through the speaker's use of expressive
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