A new Brigham Young University study shows that 5-month-old babies can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomier compositions. By age ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Most systematic work has found young babies have ...

Would you believe that AI has slopified yet another industry? Yes, probably. Happy and You Know It considers the state of children’s music in the 21st century.

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Plenty of research has looked at adults' emotional responses to music. But research with babies is more piecemeal ...

Emese Nagy received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation. Music is the language of emotions, arousing and ...

Researchers -- and parents -- have long known that babies learn to speak by mimicking the words they hear. But a new study shows that babies also might try to imitate the singing they hear in songs.

These 10 bite-sized actions, backed by science, help babies feel loved, engaged, happy, and calm. They also grow infants' brains, change their DNA for the better, and prime them for language ...

A new study shows that 5-month-old babies can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomier compositions. By age 9 months, babies can do ...