RJA 4d: Data

Chart of Critical Periods of Human Development

After searching for hours for a chart depicting fetal development I finally found one worth looking into.    This chart shows the vital parts of pregnancy that affect the fetus.  The part I was interested in was the auditory development though.

In my earlier posts I talk about how music played too loudly could hurt the forming ears of the child,  this confirms that this is possible.  From week 4 to week 9 is when there is the highest possibility of malformed ears and deafness.  Another article I found earlier in the week said that forming fetuses can distinguish sounds as early as 8 weeks.  My interpretation of this is that music can help or hinder at this early stage of pregnancy.

I attempted to use several resources to find charts and statistics but most of my keywords did not work.  I tried pregnancy+"fetal development"+charts, pregnancy+emotion+chart, cognitive development AND pregnancy,  pregnancy+charts, and finally pregnancy+development+charts worked.  I'm glad I know this now because at first it seemed impossible to find anything on the subject.

I searched for quite a while on June 17th and all of my keywords brought up dozens of hits but only 1 in 10 were slightly helpful.

RJA 3b: Keywords

Pregnant, pregnancy, emotion, emotions, lullaby, lullabies, baby, babies, hormones, hormonal, Mozart, Bethoven, classical music, positive thinking, maternity, unborn child, fetus, beat, positive attitude, fetal development, music exposure, early cognitive development, emotional affect of music

Boolean Operator:
Classical Music AND Pregnancy
Pregnancy AND Emotion
Maternity AND Music
Fetal Development OR Early Cognitive Development
Maternity NOT Child Birth
Fetus NOT Infant

Search Engine Math:
Pregnancy+Music+"Fetal Development"
"Positive Attitude"+Psychology+Pregnancy
Music+"Unborn Child"+Emotion
Pregnancy+Trimester+"Music Exposure"