Two assumptions that underlie much research in early childhood music education are that
music is a social endeavor and musical participation is beneficial to children's overall social …

Since the late 1950s, a number of once distinct areas in psychology and philosophy have
gradually gathered under what might be called a cognitive umbrella or canopy. After …

We review evidence that, from birth, infants have purposeful consciousness of rhythmic
whole‐body movement, with multi‐modal perception of objects outside their body, and self …

Kinder spielen für ihr Leben gern. Kindliches Spiel ist ein wichtiger Entwicklungsmotor für
Lernen und hat einen eigenständigen Bildungswert. Das Buch stellt einen inspirierenden …

Current knowledge about small‐world networks underlying emotions is sparse, and
confined to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies using resting‐state …

Language exists for the purpose of communicating intentions and knowledge, and it is
learned in dialogue from infancy. It can only be passed on by people who respond to the …

This study explores the emergence of triadic interactions through the example of book
sharing. As part of a naturalistic study, 10 infants were visited in their homes from 3–12 …

This chapter explores the innate sense of animate time in movement-without this there is no
dance, no music, no narrative, and no teaching and learning of cultural skills. It defines a unit …

Infants prefer speech to non-vocal sounds and to non-human vocalizations, and they prefer
happy-sounding speech to neutral speech. They also exhibit an interest in singing, but there …