Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of
the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in …

Musical behaviours are universal across human populations and, at the same time, highly
diverse in their structures, roles and cultural interpretations. Although laboratory studies of …

OBJECTIVES: Recorded music risks overstimulation in NICUs. The live elements of music
such as rhythm, breath, and parent-preferred lullabies may affect physiologic function (eg …

Human children copy others' actions with high fidelity, supporting early cultural learning and
assisting in the development and maintenance of behavioral traditions [1]. Imitation has long …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

has been do figure linked prominently to the emotions in people's at least reported since
motives Ancient for Greece, listening and to music. People use music to change emotions, to …

Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …

Music is universal at least partly because it expresses emotion and regulates affect.
Associations between music and emotion have been examined regularly by music …

Previous studies suggest that musical training in children can positively affect various
aspects of development. However, it remains unknown as to how early in development …

Infants who were 6 months of age were presented with extended audiovisual episodes of
their mother's infant-directed speech or singing. Cumulative visual fixation and initial fixation …