Nature 383, 29 (05 September 1996); doi:10.1038/383029a0

Perception of music by infants

Marcel R. Zentner^* & Jerome Kagan

Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Kirkland Street 33, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
^*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Address after October 1, 1996: University of Geneva, Department of Psychology, 9, route de Drize, 1227 Geneva-Carouge, Switzerland.

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