The study of musical abilities and activities in infancy has the potential
to shed light on musical biases or dispositions that are rooted in
nature rather than nurture. The available evidence indicates that
infants are sensitive to a number of sound features that are fundamental
to music across cultures. Their discrimination of pitch and timing
differences and their perception of equivalence classes are similar,
in many respects, to those of listeners who have had many years of
exposure to music. Whether these perceptual skills are unique to
human listeners is not known. What is unique is the intense human
interest in music, which is evident from the early days of life.
Also unique is the importance of music in social contexts. Current
ideas about musical timing and interpersonal synchrony are considered
here, along with proposals for future research.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Trehub2003a
%A Trehub, Sandra E.
%D 2003
%J Nature Neuroscience
%K (Psychology),Emotions,Humans,Infant,Music,Social Animals,Auditory Behavior,Social Development,Child Development: Environment,Triplets,Triplets: Perception,Auditory Perception: Psychology,Discrimination physiology,Child psychology,acquisition,music,musicality
%N 7
%P 669--73
%R 10.1038/nn1084
%T The developmental origins of musicality
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12830157
%V 6
%X The study of musical abilities and activities in infancy has the potential
to shed light on musical biases or dispositions that are rooted in
nature rather than nurture. The available evidence indicates that
infants are sensitive to a number of sound features that are fundamental
to music across cultures. Their discrimination of pitch and timing
differences and their perception of equivalence classes are similar,
in many respects, to those of listeners who have had many years of
exposure to music. Whether these perceptual skills are unique to
human listeners is not known. What is unique is the intense human
interest in music, which is evident from the early days of life.
Also unique is the importance of music in social contexts. Current
ideas about musical timing and interpersonal synchrony are considered
here, along with proposals for future research.
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to shed light on musical biases or dispositions that are rooted in
nature rather than nurture. The available evidence indicates that
infants are sensitive to a number of sound features that are fundamental
to music across cultures. Their discrimination of pitch and timing
differences and their perception of equivalence classes are similar,
in many respects, to those of listeners who have had many years of
exposure to music. Whether these perceptual skills are unique to
human listeners is not known. What is unique is the intense human
interest in music, which is evident from the early days of life.
Also unique is the importance of music in social contexts. Current
ideas about musical timing and interpersonal synchrony are considered
here, along with proposals for future research.},
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