A common view of learning in infancy emphasizes the role of incidental sensory experiences
from which increasingly abstract statistical regularities are extracted. In this view, infant …

It is now widely accepted that the brunt of animal communication is conducted via several
modalities, eg acoustic and visual, either simultaneously or sequentially. This is a laudable …

When interacting with infants, humans often alter their speech and song in ways thought to
support communication. Theories of human child-rearing, informed by data on vocal …

Infant-directed singing is a culturally universal musical phenomenon known to promote the
bonding of infants and caregivers. Entrainment is a widely observed physical phenomenon …

Humans talk, sing and play music. Some species of birds and whales sing long and complex
songs. All these behaviours and sounds exhibit hierarchical structure—syllables and notes …

There is strong evidence that musical engagement influences children's language
development but little research has been carried out on the relationship between the home …

Why does human speech have rhythm? As we cannot travel back in time to witness how
speech developed its rhythmic properties and why humans have the cognitive skills to …

Statistical learning of physical stimulus characteristics is important for the development of
cognitive systems like language and music. Rhythm patterns are a core component of both …

Complex behaviors are layered with processes across timescales that must be coordinated
with each other to accomplish cooperative goals. Complexity matching is the coordination of …

Vocalizations of full-term newborns occur in a short latency time during the neonatal period.
Contingent response time of preterm babies is still unknown. An increase of preterm babies' …