A segment of The Music Instinct featured Sheila C. Woodward of the University of Southern California, who has studied fetal responses to music. A camera and a microphone designed for underwater use were inserted into the uterus of a pregnant woman. And then Woodward sang.
The hydrophone picked up two sounds: the “whooshing” of the uterine artery and the unmistakable sound of a woman singing a lullaby.
Then something extraordinary happened. Upon hearing the woman’s voice, the unborn child smiled.
....Apparently, fetal responses to music aren’t limited to smiling. They have been observed moving their hands in response to music, almost as if conducting. They have been soothed by Vivaldi and disturbed by loud tracks from Beethoven. They have even responded “rhythmically to rhythms tapped on [their] mother’s belly.”
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Music and Babies
I thought this was very interesting. From Breakpoint with Chuck Colson, "Music in Utero" on June 29, 2009:
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They say that music during pregnancy does effect the baby significantly. The baby learns to recognize mommy and daddy's voice as well.
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Yes, I've heard before that music effects the baby, but this is the first research I've heard about that proves the baby not only hears the music but responds to it. I thought that was cool.
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