Babies remember melodies heard in womb, study suggests
Brains of babies who heard melody before birth react more strongly to tune after birth and at four months, scientists say
A newborn baby. Photograph: Alamy
Newborn babies can remember melodies played to them while they were in the womb, according to a study.
Scientists found that the brains of babies who heard a specific melody just before birth reacted more strongly to the tune immediately after they were born and at four months.
In the study involving 24 women in the final few months of pregnancy, half were asked to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to their foetuses for five days a week. The scientists then played the tune to the babies after they were born and measured their brain activity using electroencephalography./.../
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