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Musical Development in Infancy and Early Childhood

Principal Investigator: Helena Rodrigues

Co-investigator: João Reigado

Abstract

This project aimed to study musical development in childhood and carried out work in four thematic areas: a) Studies on the vocalization of babies concerning music and language; b) Studies on the perception and learning of songs by manipulating words and melody; c) Studies on movement and rhythmic development; d) Studies on the use of metaphorical language as a means of teaching musical expressiveness.

Implementation period
2007-2011

Reference
PTDC/EAT/68361/2006

Funding institution
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), I.P.

Start funding date
01/09/2007

End funding date
30/08/2010

Keywords
Childhood; Vocalizations; Movement; Rhythm; Emotion; Metaphorical Language; Expressiveness

Partnerships

Institute for Music in Human and Social Development (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Companhia de Música Teatral

More information

The project was extended until 2011.

Team

Team

Ana Braga I Lourdes Lourenço I Isabel Gonçalves I Paulo Maria Rodrigues I João Costa I Maria Manuel Vidal I Ana Paula Almeida I Carlos Gomes I Pedro Varandas I Christopher Johnson I Edwin Gordon

Research group

Education and Human Development