Musical elements in human infants' cries: In the beginning is the melody;Elementos musicales en el llanto del bebé: En el principio es la melodia

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 151-175

  Wermke, Kathleen ^a   Mende, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cry melody; Infant; Musical interval; Pre speech development; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649110904     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864909013002081     Document Type: Article

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