October 19, 2006

Music and your Baby

by Patricia Hughes

During the past decade, much ado has been made about babies and their exposure to music in utero and during their first years – particularly their exposure to classical music. A few professors at the University of California, Irvine, even coined a name for their theory which alleges that an increase in brain development occurs in children under age 3 when they listen to classical music…specifically that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Dubbed the Mozart Effect™, experts who penned this theory have spawned an industry that includes a plethora of music-listening CDs which contain certain works by the eccentric Austrian composer and many other classical geniuses as well as text books and other written guidance to help your child increase their brain development – even before they’re born.

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