Thursday, November 12, 2009
Do Newborns Show Musical Skill?
An article from Music and Cognition showed research that said that babies may actually not just be crying and cooing at random, and that they are making musical choices. For example, German and French babies could be easily distinguished. German babies would cry from the upward, down, while french babies cry downward up. Also, babies start to imitate their mother's voice and musical traits from day one, not 8-16 months after they are born. The musical aspects of speech that were being considered were rhythm, melody, and stress.
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This is completely new information for me. Thanks Rocco! It's not often that someone comes up with something that's related to both music and developmental cognition that I have not at least heard snippets of before. Are there any reasons that German and French babies cry the way that they do? Too much Mahler/Debussey?
ReplyDeleteWhat is being learned about music cognition is fascinating. Using Blogger's link tool, please provide a clickable link to items you post in your PLN.
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