Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-08-27T00:05:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorFernandoCostaFernandes_DISSERT.pdf: 2662012 bytes, checksum: 4dc3cafa11633b337eeae6add9037b52 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-08-31T23:13:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorFernandoCostaFernandes_DISSERT.pdf: 2662012 bytes, checksum: 4dc3cafa11633b337eeae6add9037b52 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-31T23:13:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IgorFernandoCostaFernandes_DISSERT.pdf: 2662012 bytes, checksum: 4dc3cafa11633b337eeae6add9037b52 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / A musicalidade humana ? alvo de discuss?o das mais diversas ?reas de conhecimento. Sua presen?auniversal, datada de pelo menos 36 mil anos, bem como sua utiliza??o cotidiana como ferramenta de express?o s?o alguns dos diversos argumentos que corroboram para a import?ncia deste comportamento em nossa esp?cie. A musicalidade humana possui paralelos com atributos semelhantes em outras esp?cies de aves, cet?ceos e primatas, nas quais esta caracter?stica tem sidoestudada de forma sistem?tica desde ?s primeiras observa??es feitas por Darwin na composi??o da Teoria Evolucionista. A Musicologia Evolucionista se prop?e ao estudo da fun??o ?ltima da musicalidade humana, tendo como uma das hip?teses propostas para explicar a fun??o do comportamento musical em nossa esp?cie a de que este estaria intrinsicamente ligado ao comportamento de sele??o e escolha de parceiros. Dessa forma, buscamos investigar o efeito dos est?mulos musicais, segundo sua qualidade, na sele??o de parceiros sexuais, atrav?s de avalia??o de est?mulos fotogr?ficos. Encontramos diferen?as do efeito da m?sica em homens e mulheres, sendo as mulheres mais responsivas ?s melodias apresentadas. Os resultados apontam tamb?m para um maior efeito de est?mulos musicais de baixa qualidade, os quais interferem negativamente na percep??o dos parceiros. Encontramos ainda diferentes efeitos segundo o valor de mercado dos parceiros potenciais apresentados. Por ?ltimo encontramos diferentes efeitos dos est?mulos musicais na avalia??o das diversas vari?veis avaliadas, tais como atratividade, intelig?ncia, familiaridade, confiabilidade e interesse sexual despertado. A partir dos resultados obtidos encontramos evid?ncias que corroboram com a hip?tese de que o comportamento musical humano est? ligado ao processo de sele??o e escolha de parceiros sexuais. / The human musicality is subject of debate in many different areas of knowledge. Musicality?s universal presence, dating from at least 36,000 years, and its everyday use as a tool of expression are some of the many arguments that corroborate the importance of this behavior in our species. Human musicality has parallels with similar attributes in other species of birds, cetaceans and primates, in which this feature has been studied systematically since the Darwin?s first observations in the Evolutionary Theory composition. The Musicology Evolutionist proposes to study the latest function of human musicality. Our hypotheses proposed to explain the function of musical behavior in our species is that the music would be intrinsically linked to the behavior selection and partners choice. In our study, three groups composed of both sexes were exposed to a musical stimulus each and asked to evaluate photos of subjects of both sexes according to characteristics such as attractiveness, intelligence, familiarity, reliability and aroused sexual interest. Therefore, we sought to investigate the effect of musical stimuli, according to its quality, the sexual partners selection, through photographic stimuli evaluation. We found differences in the effect of music on men and women. Women are more responsive to presented melodies. The results also point to a greater effect of low quality musical stimuli, which negatively affect the perception of partners. We also found different effects according to the presented potential partners market value. Finally we find different musical stimuli effects in the different variables evaluation, such as attractiveness, intelligence, familiarity, reliability and aroused sexual interest. From the obtained results, we find evidence supporting the hypothesis that human musical behavior is linked to the selection and choice of sexual partners.