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- Title
Infants’ memory for musical performances.
- Authors
Volkova, Anna; Trehub, Sandra E.; Schellenberg, E. Glenn
- Abstract
We evaluated 6- and 7-month-olds’ preference and memory for expressive recordings of sung lullabies. In Experiment 1, both age groups preferred lower-pitched to higher-pitched renditions of unfamiliar lullabies. In Experiment 2, infants were tested after 2 weeks of daily exposure to a lullaby at one pitch level. Seven-month-olds listened significantly longer to the lullaby at a novel pitch level than at the original pitch level. Six-month-olds showed no preference but their low-pitch preference was eliminated. We conclude that infants’ memory for musical performances is enhanced by the ecological validity of the materials. Moreover, infants’ pitch preferences are influenced by their previous exposure and by the nature of the music.
- Subjects
MEMORY in infants; MUSICAL performance; MUSICAL pitch; CHOICE (Psychology); ECOLOGICAL impact; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Developmental Science, 2006, Vol 9, Issue 6, p583
- ISSN
1363-755X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00536.x