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 ...

A unique collaboration between a Grammy award-winning musician and developmental psychologists from Goldsmiths college (part of the University of London) has created The Happy Song–a scientifically ...

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.