LDS Church News: Infants can tell happy songs from sad

Published: Monday, Oct. 27 2008 1:33 a.m. MDT

A new Brigham Young University study shows that 5-month-old babies can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomier compositions.

By age 9 months, babies can do the opposite and pick out the sorrowful sound of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony from a pack of happy pieces.

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