Mozart rocks, but where’s my iPod?
A new experiment is proving to be music to the ears of newborns.
They may be babies of a new age, but it’s Mozart and not rapper Eminem that’s making an early impact on their tiny minds.
Classical music is being played to the babies through adult-sized headphones at a Slovakia hospital in an experiment to help children communicate.
The newborns, just a few days old, are being subjected to 20-minute bursts of everything from classical music to easy listening five times a day.
Doctors believe the variety of musical genres could improve their communication skills and help them adapt better to the outside world.
Doctors, who are carrying out the research on 30 tiny tots, also believe that listen to the soothing music will help “ease the stress of being born”.
The babies in Kosice are just one or two days old when the huge headphones are put over their ears.
The musical therapy experiment commenced at the hospital more than two years ago. But it was not a first for the Slovakian hospital.
The experiment, known as the Mozart Effect theory, has been tested in the US, Canada and Britain.
It has been credited with boosting IQ, improving health, strengthening family ties and even producing the occasional child prodigy.
Numerous studies conclude that playing music to babies in the womb and in the early years helps build the neural bridges along which thoughts and information travel. And research suggests it can stimulate the brain’s alpha waves, creating a feeling of calm.
That should also be a soothing thought for new mums and dads.
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