Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

As your child gets older, music continues to play an important role. Studies have shown that young children who take music lessons — even for just four months — experience improved memory and brain ...

June 4 (UPI) --Some people may simply be born with an ear for music, according to a new study. Researchers developed a new technique to determine whether infants have the capacity to hear the highs ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Engaging infants with a song provides a ready-made means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a new study. Engaging infants with a song provides a ready-made means for ...

Neuroscientists suggest the capacity to hear the highs and lows, also known as the major and minor notes in music, may come before you take a single lesson; you may actually be born with it. The study ...

Music and singing are some of the most common forms of social interaction and play during early childhood. Caregivers all over the world sing to their infants to engage or soothe them. Seemingly ...

There's a common belief that musicians are born with a natural ability to play music, while most of us have to work twice as hard to hear the difference between musical notes. Now, new research from ...