Newborns Recognize Beats in Music, Suggesting Innate Musical Ability

Recent research conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam and the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences in Hungary has shed light on newborns' remarkable ability to detect beats in music. This ability to perceive beats in music appears to be a separate cognitive mechanism present in newborns from birth.

Published in the scholarly journal Cognition, the study led by Professor Henkjan Honing, specializing in Music Cognition at the UvA, explores the innate capacity of newborns to discern a regular pulse in music, often referred to as the beat.

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