Pregnant women respond to music with stronger physiological changes in blood pressure
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 19:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Pregnant women, compared to their non-pregnant counterparts, rate music as more intensely pleasant and unpleasant, associated with greater changes in blood pressure, a study has demonstrated. Music appears to have an especially strong influence on pregnant women, a fact that may relate to a prenatal conditioning of the fetus to music.