Measuring neural entrainment to beat and meter in infants: Effects of music background

Caregivers often engage in musical interactions with their infants. For example, parents across cultures sing lullabies and playsongs to their infants from birth. Behavioral studies indicate that infants not only extract beat information, but also group these beats into metrical hierarchies by as ea...

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Main Authors: Laura K Cirelli, Christina eSpinelli, Sylvie eNozaradan, Laurel J Trainor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00229/full