Newborns' Cry Melody Is Shaped by Their Native Language
Newborns' Cry Melody Is Shaped by Their Native Language
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cub.2009.09.064
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发表时间：
2009-12-15
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影响因子：
9.2
通讯作者：
Wermke, Kathleen
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作者：
Mampe, Birgit;Friederici, Angela D.;Wermke, Kathleen
人类胎儿能够在怀孕的最后三个月记住来自外部世界的听觉刺激，对音乐和语言的旋律轮廓特别敏感[1-3]。新生儿更喜欢母亲的声音而不是其他声音[4-8]，并通过母亲讲话中的语调轮廓（“motherese”）感知信息的情感内容[9]。他们对周围语言的感知偏好[10-12]以及区分韵律不同语言[13-15]和音高变化[16]的能力都是基于韵律信息，主要是旋律。像成年人一样处理音高间隔使新生儿能够欣赏音乐旋律以及情感和语言韵律[17]。虽然出生前接触母语韵律会影响新生儿的感知，但周围的语言显然会在很久以后影响声音的产生[18]。在这里，我们分析了30名法国和30名德国新生儿的哭声模式，他们的旋律和强度轮廓。法国组优先生产的呼声与上升的旋律轮廓，而德国组优先生产失败的轮廓。这些数据表明，周围的语音韵律对新生儿的哭声旋律的影响，可能是通过基于生物倾向的声乐学习。
Human fetuses are able to memorize auditory stimuli from the external world by the last trimester of pregnancy, with a particular sensitivity to melody contour in both music and language [1-3]. Newborns prefer their mother's voice over other voices [4-8] and perceive the emotional content of messages conveyed via intonation contours in maternal speech ("motherese") [9]. Their perceptual preference for the surrounding language [10-12] and their ability to distinguish between prosodically different languages [13-15] and pitch changes [16] are based on prosodic information, primarily melody. Adult-like processing of pitch intervals allows newborns to appreciate musical melodies and emotional and linguistic prosody [17]. Although prenatal exposure to native-language prosody influences newborns' perception, the surrounding language affects sound production apparently much later [18]. Here, we analyzed the crying patterns of 30 French and 30 German newborns with respect to their melody and intensity contours. The French group preferentially produced cries with a rising melody contour, whereas the German group preferentially produced failing contours. The data show an influence of the surrounding speech prosody on newborns' cry melody, possibly via vocal learning based on biological predispositions.