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Published online 4 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010404-10
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Kids' got rhythm
Children link musical tempo with emotion before they get a feeling for major and minor.
To a three-year-old, the William Tell Overture and Chopin's Funeral March probably sound equally jolly, a new study suggests. But by the age of about six, children's ability to distinguish happy from sad music is fully formed.
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