Let's jot down another mark in the win column for music. A brand new study has been released that indicates newborn babies can remember what happens during the latter stages of their existence in the womb of the mother. Why is this a win for music? For one thing, infants only recognize one thing an entire year after they are born, as far as research can tell, and that is music. A child can recognize a tune played while he or she was still in the womb 11 months longer than any other form of stimulus, proving once again that music is the first and only universal language of the universe. Diversity of Song Background and Environment The fascinating study was conducted by Psychologist korg synth of Leicester University in Britain. The study took 12 mothers from a variety of backgrounds and income levels and instructed them to play their favourite song for the child during the last three months of pregnancy.

After the birth, they could play any type of music around the child. One year later, eleven of the dozen infants were tested for recognition. The Process eliminated Chance and Outside Influence The recognition tests were simple and allowed the child to choose without coercion from any outside stimulus. Each child was put into a room with two speakers upon which sat a toy with flashing lights within the child's reach should it choose to crawl to either. Each speaker played music. One speaker played the song the child heard while still inside the womb but not after. The other speaker played a song very similar to the original but not the same. A Perfect 11 out of Eleven In every instance, the child crawled to and retrieved the toy from the speaker that played the music heard in the womb. The test measured how much time each child spent pondering, or looking at the toys on each speaker, as an indicator of how much time was spent listening to each piece of music. The speakers played simultaneously. Eliminating the Final Influencers When the study first began, Alexandria Lamont was giving the children a choice between the genre of music the mother had chosen for it, and something that could represent the complete opposite, like classical and Rock music.

She hoped that would make it an easier choice for the child. Realizing that this could actually be an outside influence, she changed not only to the same genre but matched similar songs through beat, tempo, and tone. This made the results that much more amazing and completely unexpected. Can Music Influence Intelligence? The next obvious step in the research is to try and judge whether music can actually affect an unborn child's IQ, something that science has speculated but never put to the test before now. If music can influence a child's ability to retain information, aid in comprehension and even improve the overall learning ability, the applications could be staggering. We will just have to wait and see. In the meanwhile, if you are expecting, it could not hurt to play plenty of classical music around the home.

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