Infants' Attention to Synthesised Baby Music and Original Acoustic Music

Autor/inn/en	Merkow, Carla H.; Costa-Giomi, Eugenia
Titel	Infants' Attention to Synthesised Baby Music and Original Acoustic Music
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 1, S.73-83 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.772993
Schlagwörter	Music; Infants; Comparative Analysis; Preferences; Acoustics; Auditory Discrimination; Attention; Musical Instruments; Musical Composition; Auditory Stimuli; Classical Music; Eye Movements + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musik; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Akustik; Aufmerksamkeit; Musikinstrument; Komponieren; Auditive Stimulation; Augenbewegung
Abstract	The distinct music genre known as baby music is based on the premise that infants benefit from music "re-orchestrated for their little ears" ("Baby Einstein Takealong Tunes". (2012). Retrieved December 11, 2012, from http://www.babyeinstein.com/en/products/product_explorer/theme/music/62350/Takealong_Tunes.html). We completed a study with 12- and 13-month-olds (n?=?24) to explore infants' preferential attention to music engineered specifically for them and the original acoustic music upon which the baby versions were created. The results of an infant-controlled preference procedure showed that infants were equally attentive to both types of music. However, infants who listened to relatives playing instruments at home (n?=?10) attended longer to the baby music version than to the original acoustic version, whereas the opposite was true for infants who did not have such opportunity. The results of the study raise questions regarding the need to re-orchestrate music intended for babies and alter the original instrumentations as set by the composers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10