Plantinga Judy, Trehub Sandra E
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2014 Feb;40(1):40-9. doi: 10.1037/a0033471. Epub 2013 Jul 1.
The origin of the Western preference for consonance remains unresolved, with some suggesting that the preference is innate. In Experiments 1 and 2 of the present study, 6-month-old infants heard six different consonant/dissonant pairs of stimuli, including those tested in previous research. In contrast to the findings of others, infants in the present study failed to listen longer to consonant stimuli. After 3 minutes of exposure to consonant or dissonant stimuli in Experiment 3, 6-month-old infants listened longer to the familiar stimulus, whether consonant or dissonant. Our findings are inconsistent with innate preferences for consonant stimuli. Instead, the effect of short-term exposure is consistent with the view that familiarity underlies the origin of the Western preference for consonant intervals.
西方人对和谐音的偏好起源仍未得到解决，一些人认为这种偏好是天生的。在本研究的实验1和实验2中，6个月大的婴儿听了六对不同的和谐音/不和谐音刺激，包括之前研究中测试过的那些。与其他人的研究结果相反，本研究中的婴儿没有更长时间地聆听和谐音刺激。在实验3中，6个月大的婴儿在接触和谐音或不和谐音刺激3分钟后，会更长时间地聆听熟悉的刺激，无论该刺激是和谐音还是不和谐音。我们的研究结果与对和谐音刺激的天生偏好不一致。相反，短期接触的影响与以下观点一致，即熟悉度是西方人对和谐音程偏好的起源基础。
