An intriguing article has just been published in Science Blogs discussing the first time isolated non-western cultures have heard western music. Natives of the Mafa culture were able to correctly distinguish the emotion portrayed by an unfamiliar culture's music. This was consistently done at percentages signifigantly higher than random chance. Of the most interest is the audio clips of the Mafa's traditional music, as compared to the audio clips of the Western music which was played for them.
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