... standard and deviant endings, particularly for highly unexpected key-membership violations. Listeners were typically developing 6- to 7-year-olds ( n = 48) and 10- to 11-year-olds ( n = 49) living in Canada ( Table 1 ). Half of the children ( n = 48) had no music training. The others had...

...: A longitudinal event related potential study. Developmental Science, 17, 282-297. DOI: 10.1111/desc.12109 PUTKINEN, V., TERVANIEMI, M., SAARIKIVI, K., DE VENT, N., & HUOTILAINEN, M. (2014). Investigating the effects of musical training on functional brain development with a novel Melodic MMN paradigm...

... Canada. E-mail: LJT@mcmaster.ca 17 8 2013 25 10 2015 © 2016 by The Regents of the University of California 2016 music entrainment meter enculturation development HEARING THE BEAT: YOUNG CHILDREN S PERCEPTUAL SENSITIVITY TO BEAT ALIGNMENT VARIES ACCORDING TO METRIC...

.... This indicates that although there may be a developmental increase with age in the length of time a memory can be held, for both 6-month-old infants and adults, memory for the absolute pitch of isolated tones fades rapidly. Received April 26, 2007, accepted June 2, 2008. Key words: development, infant, memory...

... development LAUREL J. TRAINOR McMaster University MCDERMOTT AND HAUSER (2005) and Justus and Hutsler (2005) argue that in order for music to be an evolutionary adaptation, and not an exaptation, music must be constrained by innate factors that are specific to music and that evolved because music conferred...