Babies Learn Songs In The Womb
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:20
in Psychology & Sociology
A brain imaging study says that babies can learn lullabies while still in utero. The paper focused on 24 women during the final trimester of their pregnancies. Half of the women played the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to their babies five days a week for the final stages of their pregnancies. The brains of the babies who heard the melody while in the womb reacted more strongly to the familiar melody both immediately and four months after birth when compared with the control group. The authors conclude that fetuses can recognize and remember sounds from the outside world well before they are born. read more