Nixon, Richard
noise
nonlinear systems
“No Rain”
North America
notation, musical
Nothing Like the Sun
(Sting)
Nusbaum, Howard
The Nutcracker
Nuzzo, Regina L.
“O Kazakhstan”
Obama, Barack
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
occipital cortex
octave equivalence
Oden, St. Louis Jimmy
Odyssey
(Homer)
“Oh Happy Day”
“Ohio”
the Ohio Express
“Oh My Darling, Clementine”
Old Testament
“One Little Two Little Three Little Indians”
“An Only Kid, An Only Kid”
Ono, Yoko
Oral Torah
oral tradition
Orlando, Tony
“Our Love Is Here to Stay”
“Over the Rainbow”
“Over the River and Through the Woods”
“Over You”
oxytocin
“Padrino”
pair-bonding
Palmer, Robert
pancakes
pandemonium model of human perception
pantheism
“Paralyzed”
“Paranoid”
Parker, Charlie
Parkinson’s disease
Parry, Milman
Parsons, Gram
Parton, Dolly
Partridge, Andy
“Parts of the Brain”
Patel, Ani
Pavlov, Ivan
Payne, Freda
Pearlman, Sandy
Penn, Michael
Pentecost Island
“People Get Ready”
Pepsi
perception
perspective-taking faculty
Petty, Tom
peyote
Phillips, Sam
Phish
phonology
photographic memory
Piaget, Jean
Pierce, Billy
“Pineapple Face”
Pinker, Steven
Pink Floyd
pitch
Plastic People of the Universe
“Please Call Me, Baby”
“Please Please Me”
Pledge of Allegiance
Plimpton, George
poetry ,
“Poetry and Prose”
Poetry Foundation
“Poison Love”
the Police
polygyny
polyrhythms
“Pomp and Circumstance”
pons
pop music
Porter, Cole
Posner, Mike
prayer
“Prayers for Rain”
predators
prediction
prefrontal cortex
and auditory imitation
and development of hearing
and development of language
evolutionary changes
and perspective-taking faculty
and prehistoric man
and rearrangement faculty
and social bonding
prehistoric man .
See also
hunter-gatherers
preindustrial music
preliterate cultures
Prelutsky, Jack
Premack, David
Presley, Elvis
“Pride and Joy”
primates.
See also specific species
Primus
Prince
probability theory
prolactin
prosody
protest songs
protohumans
Prozac
“P.S. I Love You”
Psalms
psilocybin
psychic research
psychology
Puckett, Gary
pygmy music
Qur’an
Rabbit, Eddie
“Rain”
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”
“Rainin’”
“The Rain Song”
rain songs
“Rainy Days and Mondays”
the Ramones
Rand, Ayn
“The Randall Knife”
Randi, James
rap music
Rappaport, Roy
Ray, James Earl
Raye, Juliana
Read, Herbert
rearrangement faculty
recorded music
recursion
Redding, Otis
redundancy.
See
repetition
Reed, Lou
Reid, Vernon
relational processing
religion and religious songs
and drug use
and evolution
and knowledge songs
and language barriers
and monotheism
and natural selection
and prayer
recitation of religious texts
religious songs
and rituals
and science
and spirituals
ubiquity of
R.E.M.
Ren & Stimpy
REO Speedwagon
repetition
Repo Man
representation faculty
“The Revolution”
Revolver
(the Beatles)
rhyme .
See also
lyrics
rhythm.
See also
drums
and brain physiology
and definition of songs
and melody
and memory
polyrhythms
and ritual music
sensitivity to
and sexuality
and social bonding
and song form
and trance states
rhythm and blues
The Rhythm of the Saints
(Simon)
Richie, Lionel
“Rise and Shine”
The Rise of the West
(McNeill)
ritual
biological origin
and brain physiology
burials and funerals
and call-and-response singing
and children
community rituals
contrasted with religion
life-cycle rituals
mating rituals
and motor action sequences
music’s role in
origin of
and religious practices
and repetition
and state-changing utterances
and synchronous singing
time and place constraints
and trance states
“Road Fever”
Robison, Paula
“Roble”
rock music
See also individual rock music song titles
Roe, Tommy
Roethke, Theodore
Rogel, Randy
the Rolling Stones
Romans
romantic love
Rose, Gary
Rose, Tricia
Ross, Diana
“Row Row Row Your Boat”
Rubin, David
Rubinstein, Artur
“Running Wild”
“Runnin’ with the Devil”
“Run That Body Down”
Rush
Russell, Leon
“Russians”
Sacks, Oliver
sadness
Saffran, Jenny
Salk Institute
Santana, Carlos
Sapolsky, Robert
Saul, King of Israel
“Saving All My Love For You”
Scheuer, Sandra