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Even though they are still too young to speak, babies at just five months old are able to distinguish the differences between the works of major classical composers, scientists reveal.
Researchers found that babies responded differently to upbeat tunes, such as 'Ode to Joy' from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, compared to a selection of gloomier tunes.
The finding was made by experts from Brigham Young University in the US where they conducted tests on 96 infants aged between three and nine months.
By nine months, babies could do the opposite - that is, pick out the sorrowful sound of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony from a series of happy pieces.
The results show that babies are making sense of the world long before they can talk, claims psychology professor and study author Ross Flom.'Infants master so many things in such a short time frame. One of the first things babies understand
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