Auditory and spontaneous movement responses to music over first postnatal year
A scientific study published in eLife analyzed the development of auditory and movement responses to music in infants during their first year of life. Researchers found that while neural responses to music emerge between 3 and 12 months, infants do not yet exhibit coordinated physical movement to music.
Bluesky Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Bluesky Threads Fill Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Cite this article Trinh Nguyen Félix Bigand Susanne Reisner Atesh Koul Roberta Bianco Gabriela Markova Stefanie Hoehl Giacomo Novembre (2026) Development of auditory and spontaneous movement responses to music over the first postnatal year eLife 14 :RP107088. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107088.4 Copy to clipboard Download BibTeX Download .RIS Full text Figures and data Peer review Side by side eLife Assessment This well-designed study offers important insights into the development of infants' responses to music based on the exploration of EEG neural auditory responses and video-based movement analysis. The compelling results revealed that evoked responses emerge between 3 and 12 months of age, but no age group demonstrated evidence of coordinated movements to music. This study will be of significant interest to developmental psychologists and neuroscientists, as well as researchers interested in music processing and in the translation of perception into action.
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