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Infant learning: Music and the baby brain

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Abstract

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.

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Author(s): Stewart L, Walsh V

Publication type: Note

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Biology

Year: 2005

Volume: 15

Issue: 21

Pages: R882-R884

ISSN (print): 0960-9822

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0445

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.019

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.019

PubMed id: 16271862

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