Mozart, Beethoven or even Shakespeare — pregnant mothers have been known to expose their babies to many forms of auditory stimulation. But according to researchers at the University of Florida, all a baby really needs is the sound of his or her mother's voice.
Research published in the most recent issue of the journal Infant Behavior and Development shows that babies in utero begin to show evidence of learning or respond to the rhythm of the rhyme by 34 weeks of pregnancy and are capable of remembering a set rhyme until just prior to birth. Nursing researcher Charlene Krueger, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., and her team studied pregnant women who recited a rhyme to their babies three times a day, for 6 weeks, beginning at 28 weeks gestational age, which is the start of the third trimester of pregnancy.
"The mother's voice is the predominant source of sensory stimulation in the developing fetus," said Krueger, an associate professor in the UF College of Nursing. "This research highlights just how sophisticated the third trimester fetus really is and suggests that a mother's voice is involved in the development of early learning and memory capabilities.
Mozart, Beethoven or even Shakespeare — pregnant mothers have been known to expose their babies to many forms of auditory stimulation. But according to researchers at the University of Florida, all a baby really needs is the sound of his or her mother's voice.Research published in the most recent issue of the journal Infant Behavior and Development shows that babies in utero begin to show evidence of learning or respond to the rhythm of the rhyme by 34 weeks of pregnancy and are capable of remembering a set rhyme until just prior to birth. Nursing researcher Charlene Krueger, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., and her team studied pregnant women who recited a rhyme to their babies three times a day, for 6 weeks, beginning at 28 weeks gestational age, which is the start of the third trimester of pregnancy. "The mother's voice is the predominant source of sensory stimulation in the developing fetus," said Krueger, an associate professor in the UF College of Nursing. "This research highlights just how sophisticated the third trimester fetus really is and suggests that a mother's voice is involved in the development of early learning and memory capabilities.
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