Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
149, P. 105153 - 105153
Published: April 3, 2023
Studies
of
rhythm
processing
and
reward
have
progressed
separately,
with
little
connection
between
the
two.
However,
consistent
links
are
beginning
to
surface,
research
suggesting
that
synchronization
is
rewarding,
this
rewarding
element
may
in
turn
also
boost
synchronization.
The
current
mini
review
shows
combined
study
can
be
beneficial
better
understand
their
independent
roles
across
two
central
aspects
cognition:
1)
learning
memory,
2)
social
interpersonal
synchronization;
which
so
far
been
studied
largely
independently.
From
basis,
it
discussed
how
connections
applied
memory
different
populations,
taking
into
account
individual
differences,
clinical
human
development,
animal
research.
Future
will
need
consider
nature
rhythm,
reward,
potentially
enhancing
other
cognitive
processes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
119(45)
Published: Nov. 2, 2022
Infant-directed
singing
is
a
culturally
universal
musical
phenomenon
known
to
promote
the
bonding
of
infants
and
caregivers.
Entrainment
widely
observed
physical
by
which
diverse
systems
adjust
rhythmic
activity
through
interaction.
Here
we
show
that
simple
act
infant-directed
entrains
infant
social
visual
behavior
on
subsecond
timescales,
increasing
infants'
looking
eyes
caregiver:
as
early
2
months
age,
doubling
in
strength
6
months,
synchronize
their
eye-looking
rhythm
singing.
Rhythmic
entrainment
also
structures
caregivers'
own
cueing,
enhancing
display
social-communicative
content:
caregivers
increase
wide-eyed
positive
affect,
reduce
neutral
facial
eye
motion,
blinking,
all
time
with
aligned
moments
when
eye-looking.
In
addition,
if
experimentally
disrupted-reducing
its
predictability-then
time-locked
disrupted.
These
results
reveal
generic
processes
fundamental
coupling
mechanism
attunes
precisely
timed
content
supports
learning
development.
Acta Paediatrica,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
113(7), P. 1664 - 1671
Published: Jan. 24, 2024
Abstract
Aim
Immunisation
is
a
global
health
priority,
but
methods
of
non‐pharmacological
pain
relief
are
not
widely
used
in
routine
clinical
practice.
In
this
study,
we
set
out
to
investigate
the
effects
maternal
singing
during
vaccination
infants.
Methods
We
recruited
67
mother–infant
pairs
at
Health
Centres
Aosta
Region
Italy.
Infants
aged
2–4
months
were
randomly
allocated
intervention
group
or
control
whose
injections
administered
following
standard
Pre‐
and
post‐immunisation
was
blindly
assessed
using
Modified
Behavioural
Pain
Scale,
proximity
indexes
assigned
based
on
muted
video‐tracks.
Results
When
for
pain,
infants
significantly
lower
movement
(
p
=
0.032)
marginally
cry
0.076).
A
higher
frequency
mother‐to‐infant
gaze
<
0.005)
observed
dyads.
Finally,
mothers'
self‐perceived
ease
correlated
with
their
previous
experience
anxiety
procedure
0.05).
Conclusion
Maternal
immunisation
procedures
benefits
both
mothers
babies.
The
practice
biologically
rooted
adaptive
form
intuitive
parental
communication
that
should
be
encouraged,
especially
at‐risk
populations.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
63, P. 101279 - 101279
Published: July 27, 2023
A
growing
body
of
research
shows
that
the
universal
capacity
for
music
perception
and
production
emerges
early
in
development.
Possibly
building
on
this
predisposition,
caregivers
around
world
often
communicate
with
infants
using
songs
or
speech
entailing
song-like
characteristics.
This
suggests
might
be
one
earliest
developing
most
accessible
forms
interpersonal
communication,
providing
a
platform
studying
communicative
behavior.
However,
little
has
examined
truly
contexts.
The
current
work
aims
to
facilitate
development
experimental
approaches
rely
dynamic
naturalistic
social
interactions.
We
first
review
two
longstanding
lines
examine
musical
interactions
by
focusing
either
caregiver
infant.
These
include
defining
acoustic
non-acoustic
features
characterize
infant-directed
(ID)
music,
as
well
behavioral
neurophysiological
examining
infants'
processing
timing
pitch.
Next,
we
recent
studies
looking
at
holistically.
focuses
how
interact
achieve
co-regulation,
mutual
engagement,
increase
affiliation
prosocial
conclude
discussing
methodological,
technological,
analytical
advances
empower
comprehensive
study
communication
childhood.
Infancy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
30(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Musical
interactions
between
caregivers
and
their
infants
typically
rely
on
a
limited
repertoire
of
live
vocal
songs
recorded
music.
Research
suggests
that
these
well‐known
are
especially
effective
at
eliciting
engaged
behaviors
from
in
controlled
settings,
but
how
respond
to
familiar
music
with
everyday
environment
remains
unclear.
The
current
study
used
an
online
questionnaire
quantify
often
why
present
certain
musical
recordings
infants.
Using
cross‐sectional
approach,
we
explored
infants'
changing
behavioral
profiles
birth
24
months.
Caregivers
additionally
reported
feelings
affective
attachment
toward
Results
reveal
sing
play
for
younger
older
comparably
high
rates.
In
turn,
actively
favorite
by
demonstrating
positive
emotions,
movements,
attentive
listening.
mainly
consider
preferences
when
building
shared
home.
Both
caregivers'
engagement
activities
children
enthusiastic
responsiveness
singing
predicted
stronger
dyadic
bonding.
jointly
contribute
relationships,
relationships
may
be
intertwined
emerging
social‐emotional
bonds.
Infancy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
30(2)
Published: March 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Parents
use
music,
especially
singing,
to
interact
with
their
young
children,
supporting
parent‐child
bonding
and
social
communication.
Little
is
known
about
the
parental
attributes
that
support
musical
interactions
infants.
In
this
exploratory
study,
we
analyzed
self‐report
data
from
43
caregiver/infant
dyads
at
up
four
time
points
(9,
12,
15,
18
months)
assess
parent
motivation
training
as
predictors
of
home
music
environment
overall,
beliefs
in
benefits
music.
We
also
investigated
a
predictor
language
development
longitudinally.
Parent
was
stronger
than
training.
Parents'
positively
related
beliefs,
overall
environment,
while
only
beliefs.
Furthermore,
singing
but
not
were
associated
infants'
vocabulary
comprehension,
production,
gestures.
Results
highlight
engagement
early
childhood
fundamentally
experience
emphasize
importance
parents'
active
participation
(vs.
beliefs)
experiences
infant.
The
nature
infancy
may
contribute
relationships
between
child
development.
Communications Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
3(1)
Published: March 24, 2025
Content
produced
for
young
audiences
is
structured
to
present
opportunities
learning
and
social
interactions.
This
research
examines
multi-scale
temporal
changes
in
predictability
Child-directed
songs.
We
developed
a
technique
based
on
Kolmogorov
complexity
quantify
the
rate
of
change
textual
information
content
over
time.
method
was
applied
corpus
922
English,
Spanish,
French
publicly
available
child
adult-directed
texts.
song
lyrics
(CDSongs)
showed
overall
lower
compared
Adult-directed
songs
(ADsongs),
associated
with
higher
number
YouTube
views.
CDSongs
relatively
at
beginning
end
ADSongs.
ADSongs
non-uniform
rate,
but
these
periodic
oscillatory
patterns
were
more
predictable
These
findings
suggest
that
optimal
balance
between
expressivity
differs
child-
content,
also
timescales
potentially
support
multiple
children's
needs.
In
multilingual
child-directed
songs,
an
analysis
cumulative-compressibility
reveals
multiscale
could
different
relevant
fuctions,
e.g.
attention,
bonding.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 25, 2025
The
Early
Years
Learning
Framework
for
Australia
V2.0
(EYLF;
AGDE,
2022)
guides
education
and
care
children
aged
from
birth
to
five
years.
This
second
version
of
the
EYLF
draws
attention
children’s
executive
functions
(EFs).
However,
impact
inclusion
EFs
on
pedagogy
with
under
three
years
has
received
little
research
attention.
We
reveal
fine-grained
interactional
phenomena
within
a
mother-infant
dyad
interaction
demonstrate
how
mother’s
conversational
turns
facilitate
three-month-old
infant’s
autonomous
participation
sustained
throughout
collaborative,
co-constructed
interaction.
highlight
sequential
organisation
turns,
carefully
orchestrated
by
mother,
that
creates
opportunities
infant
contribute
back-and-forth
propose
early
childhood
educators
could
purposefully
replicate
some
highlighted
adult
interactions
in
their
talk-in-interaction
infants,
as
these
create
infants
achieve
may
emergence
EFs.
