Birth & Parenting News: Newborns Remember Music Heard in the Womb

A fascinating example of the effects of music on pre-born children is that of world famous Canadian conductor Boris Brott. In his book, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, Dr. Thomas Varney relates that when Mr. Brott was asked when he developed an interest in music, he replied, “before birth.” Mr. Brott recounted that while learning new music pieces, he was surprised to find he already knew certain pieces by heart, particularly the viola parts. His mother, a viola player, realized these were the same pieces that she had practiced while pregnant with him. Dr. Verny’s research into the life of the unborn child has also found that the child in the womb “can see, hear, experience, taste, and, on a primitive level, even learn in utero.”

Recently, scientists at Paris Descartes University found that one-month-old babies remember music that was played to them in the third trimester of their mothers’ pregnancies. Read more.

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Posted by Patty Brennan on September 14, 2011 • Filed under Birth & Parenting News
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