The consortium of the projects aims to evaluate the development of rhythm perception starting from the third trimester of gestation into infancy, and the impact of early musical interventions in the NICU on preterm infants’ development. In these cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, we will evaluate the development of auditory rhythm processing capacities with EEG, and behavioral protocols. The project consortium involves four academic partners with complementary expertise in early neurodevelopment, cognitive neurosciences of music, neural data processing (in particular EEG), and music analysis. The aim is to put together a cross-disciplinary team that together covers the following methods: protocol design and implementation, EEG signal processing, behavioral studies, video analysis, statistics, machine learning.