Plantinga Judy, Trainor Laurel J
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2009 Feb;125(2):EL58-62. doi: 10.1121/1.3049583.
Music is part of an infant's world even before birth, and caregivers around the world sing to infants. Yet, there has been little research into the musical abilities or preferences of infants younger than 5 months. In this study, the head turn preference procedure used with older infants was adapted into an eye-movement preference procedure so that the ability of 2-month-old infants to remember a short melody could be tested. The results show that with minimal familiarization, 2-month-old infants remember a short melody and can discriminate it from a similar melody.
音乐在婴儿出生前就已成为其世界的一部分，世界各地的照顾者都会对婴儿唱歌。然而，针对5个月以下婴儿的音乐能力或偏好的研究却很少。在本研究中，将用于较大婴儿的转头偏好程序改编为眼动偏好程序，以便测试2个月大婴儿记忆简短旋律的能力。结果表明，经过最少程度的熟悉后，2个月大的婴儿能够记住简短旋律，并能将其与相似旋律区分开来。
