Plantinga and Trainor (2005) Examined Melody Perception in 6-Month-Old Infants

Plantinga and Trainor (2005) examined melody perception in 6-month-old infants.In the study, Plantinga and Trainor played particular melodies to infants numerous times over a 7-day period.They found that infants looked ______.

A) more often toward the source of a novel melody, rather than the transposed melody, indicating that they perceived the transposed melody as being similar to something heard earlier
B) more often toward the source of familiar melody, rather than the novel melody, indicating that they perceived the timbre differences between the two melodies
C) no more often toward the source of familiar melody than the novel melody, indicating that they have not yet begun to perceive melody
D) more often toward the source of a transposed melody than the novel melody, indicating they had had not yet begun to perceive melody