Episodes

How do babies perceive music?

June 15, 2018

Research Articles:

Cevasco, A. M. (2008). The effects of mothers’ singing on full-term and preterm infants and maternal emotional responses. Journal of Music Therapy, 45(3), 273-306.

Phillips-Silver, J., & Trainor, L. J. (2005). Feeling the beat: Movement influences infant rhythm perception.  Science, 308(5727), 1430.

Standley, J. (2012). Music therapy research in the NICU: an updated meta-analysis. Neonatal Network, 31(5), 311-316.

Standley, J. M., Cassidy, J., Grant, R., Cevasco, A., Szuch, C., Nguyen, J., … & Adams, K. (2010). The effect of music reinforcement for non-nutritive sucking on nipple feeding of premature infants. Pediatric nursing, 36(3), 138.

Trehub, S. E. (2010). In the beginning: A brief history of infant music perception. Musicae Scientiae, 14(2_suppl), 71-87.

Trehub, S. E. (2001). Musical predispositions in infancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 930(1), 1-16.

Trehub, S. E., Unyk, A. M., Kamenetsky, S. B., Hill, D. S., Trainor, L. J., Henderson, J. L., & Saraza, M. (1997). Mothers’ and fathers’ singing to infants. Developmental psychology, 33(3), 500.

Tsang, C. D., & Conrad, N. J. (2010). Does the message matter? The effect of song type on infants’ pitch preferences for lullabies and playsongs. Infant Behavior and Development, 33(1), 96-100.

Music Clips:

Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio (J. S. Bach)

Gamelan Suling (Gamelon Gong Kebjar)

Metric Rhythm Supplemental Clips (Phillips-Silver & Trainor)

Cradle Song (The Sanshin Cafe Orchestra)