Research has shown that a developing foetus can discriminate sounds in the womb from 22 weeks gestation and that early sound discrimination helps to promote later phonic and vocabulary development. In addition, during early social interaction between caregivers and infants there are noticeable patterns of timing, pulse, voice timbre, and gesture that follow many of the rules of musical performance, including rhythm and timing conceptualised by Malloch and Trevarthen (2009) as ‘communicative musicality’. Given the centrality of communication in children’s learning and development (Blackburn, 2014) and the established links between human communication and music, this project seeks to explore the views, understanding and reported practices of interested stakeholders in young children’s musical interactions in home and out-of-home early years settings.Does anyone know of any research that might help with a project and guide the literature review?
Do you know this reference?
Van Puyvelde, M., Vanfleteren, P., Loots, G., Deschuyffeleer, S., Vinck, B., Jacquet, W., & Verhelst, W. (2010). Tonal synchrony in mother-infant interaction based on harmonic and pentatonic series. Infant Behavior & Development, 33, 387-400.
This research project was summarized in a Dutch article for the Dutch journal of family therapy; see link for more references
http://systeemtherapie.boomtijdschriften.nl/artikelen/ST-24-4-226_Moeders%20in%20interactie%20%20met%20hun%20babys.html
Hi, you might find something on this website of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind: http://mimm.mcmaster.ca
This looks very interesting Olaf, thank you so much. Best wishes Carolyn
Thank you Jolanthe, do you know if this article has been translated into English at all please, it sounds really interesting? Best wishes Carolyn
Hi Carolyn,
No, the article by Deru & Verhofstadt hasn't been translated. But it it is mainly a summary of the studies by Van Puyvelde c.s., which is in English. In the study of musical synchonization between mothers and infants they link musical synchonisation (in pitch as well as in rythm) between mothers and babies to mutual attunement and intersubjectivity, which is known to be important for the babies' secure attachment, which in turn is important for their development and mental health in many aspects, also later in life (e.g. Daniel Hughes, Attachment-focused family therapy, 2007, and Mikulincer & Shaver's review of resarch in Attachment and adulthood, 2007).
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