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Infants prefer higher-pitched singing
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Infants prefer higher-pitched singing

Abstract

Female singers were recorded singing a song in a high and/or a low range. Infants preferred to listen to the higher-pitched versions, suggesting that infants' preference for infant-directed singing and speech is mediated in part by a preference for higher pitch.

Authors

Trainor LJ; Zacharias CA

Journal

Infant Behavior and Development, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 799–805

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

DOI

10.1016/s0163-6383(98)90047-9

ISSN

0163-6383

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