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Rhythm and melody as social signals for infants
Journal article

Rhythm and melody as social signals for infants

Abstract

Infants typically experience music through social interactions with others. One such experience involves caregivers singing to infants while holding and bouncing them rhythmically. These highly social interactions shape infant music perception and may also influence social cognition and behavior. Moving in time with others-interpersonal synchrony-can direct infants' social preferences and prosocial behavior. Infants also show social preferences …

Authors

Cirelli LK; Trehub SE; Trainor LJ

Journal

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1423, No. 1, pp. 66–72

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

July 2018

DOI

10.1111/nyas.13580

ISSN

0077-8923

Labels

McMaster Research Centers and Institutes (RCI)