Listen to My Song
Previous research has found that babies have various preferences for music – for example, they like to listen to songs that they already know. But different people might sing the same song in a very different way. We still don’t know much about how specific features of a sung melody – such as the pleasantness of a particular person’s voice – might influence infants’ preferences. In this study, we focus on how infants react when different adults sing two well-known songs, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” By observing where your baby looks, their facial expressions, and their movements while listening to these brief clips, we hope to better understand which aspects of singing are most interesting and engaging for infants.
Who should play the instrument?
This study is not currently active.
In this online study, children look and listen to a series of instruments. We ask them to pick which of two characters on the screen they would pick to play it.
