Mom's mood: How it affects her baby
This article talked about positive and negative thinking during pregnancy. Most women have a tendency to be very stressed during pregnancy because of the worries that come with becoming a mother. Pregnant women under stress may have a higher probability of having a baby born too early and underweight.
A Mother's Attitude May Genetically Affect Baby in the Womb
Many women immediately start taking prenatal vitamins but doctors are now prescribing "Positive Thinking."
The Science of Baby Brain
Staying positive can be very hard because massive hormonal fluctuations are constantly happening. Studies have been done with rodents to determine how a mother's cognitive functions are permanently altered during and after pregnancy.
The Effects of Music on Prenatal Babies
It has been a theory for sometime that music heard while in the womb can effect fetal development and cognitive thinking. Babies may benefit from daily exposure of music. Fetus's can hear sounds at 17 weeks and by 38 weeks react differently to various genres of music. The true effects are still unknown but studies thus far have shown an expectation of longer attention spans, better motor skills, and early language development from birth through infancy. This article warned not to turn music up too loud because the amniotic sack amplifies sound. Music that is played too loud can hurt the developing ear.
Prenatal Memory
Various studies have concluded that fetal learning and memory could be studied and investigated using classical conditioning, habituation, and exposure learning. These psychology tools can "train" a fetus to react in a certain way to certain stimulants.
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