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