From the time a person is still inside the womb, they hear sound. Mothers are known to place headphones on their bellies to calm their unborn. Doctors do not have the correct answer on why or how exactly the sound of music may have on an unborn child. This is due to, the ability of observation and medical professionals do not have the ability to observe the fetus as they would an actual child. Even though some believe that if you play classical music for the fetus, that the child will come out smarter or musically incline. There is no medical research found that supports this belief.
Even after birth a child continues to hear music. There are research-based programs out there that help elementary children grow and develop a special skill that is only learned through music. The benefits of music education increases the creative mind and enhances a new skill with hand and eye coordination. There have been studies on children who have music education compared to those whom do not and those with music in their lives have an enhancement in brain responses when it comes to complex sound. Without a child knowing exactly what it means but it gives them the ability to recognize the fundamental frequency of a sound. Music stimulates growth in the brain and helps with motor skills. This is done by learning how to play a musical instrument.
With a little bit of music in a young child's life can go a long way.
Yeah I've heard about this thing too. I've done a decent amount of research about this exact thing. It sort of coincides with the claim that listening to classical music as a baby makes a baby smarter as he grows up. The reason behind this is because listening to music as a child that knows nothing about music just stimulates their brain because I guess they want to know more about what music is. The day when I finally become a father, my kids will be listening to music everyday whether they like it or not.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a shame that music programs have been eliminated from many schools. Of course, this is coming from someone who has studied music in some form since I was in pre-school. I am becoming more and more interested in the scientific (biological)aspects of music and how it stimulates the brain. Hope you can shed some light!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally awesome. I've always heard about parents attempting to produce a "super child" by introducing mediums like classical music early in the pregnancy stage, but it was only until recently that I've been hearing that there really is no research to back up such an idea. It is great that people who play and know music develop better motor skills and brain growth. I think that the lack of musical education in our country sucks and research that proves music actually helps should be taken more seriously.
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