Infant learning: music and the baby brain.
When it comes to listening to music, infants literally have a more open mind than their parents. Studies which investigate listening behaviour of babies and adults have shown that, as we learn to discriminate the musical sounds in our own environment, we become less sensitive to those of other cultures.
Stewart
Lauren
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University of Newcastle and Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.
Walsh
Vincent
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000367:Age Factors; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009146:Music; D012931:Social Environment