A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

As your child gets older, music continues to play an important role. Studies have shown that young children who take music lessons — even for just four months — experience improved memory and brain ...

Engaging infants with a song provides a ready-made means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a new study. Engaging infants with a song provides a ready-made means for ...

Music and singing are some of the most common forms of social interaction and play during early childhood. Caregivers all over the world sing to their infants to engage or soothe them. Seemingly ...

A new study has compared the amount of music and speech that children hear in infancy. Results showed that infants hear more spoken language than music, with the gap widening as the babies get older.

During the last presidential campaign, the media poked fun at Bill Clinton after he played tenor sax on The Arsenio Hall Show. Did this response show how we regard non-musicians who sing or play a ...

Many parents know that infants love to be sung to; however, there is limited prior research to show the long-term effects on parental singing. In a new study, researchers explored whether using a ...

Sometimes, when a song plays, and you suddenly feel a nudge or a soft kick, it isn't a coincidence. Your baby can pick up ...

A new semester brings new experiences for all university students, but especially so for UD School of Music students who work for the Community Music School (CMS). Through CMS, UD students get paid, ...