The “Mozart Effect”
I’ve heard numerous times about how listening to Mozart improves learning capacity and intelligence in children and adults. Here is an article about the “Mozart effect” and its benefit to preemie babies. I’m sure we could all benefit from playing Mozart more in our homes and at our preemie’s bedside. Enjoy!
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Could the music of the 18th century classical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart help tiny infants born today?
Yes, suggests an Israeli study that found that listening for just 30 minutes a day helped premature babies use less energy, which may help them grow faster.
“Within 10 minutes of listening to Mozart music, healthy infants [born prematurely] had a 10% to 13% reduction of their resting energy expenditure,” the study authors wrote. “We speculate that this effect of music on resting energy expenditure might explain, in part, the improved weight gain that results from this Mozart effect.”
The findings were published online Monday in Pediatrics, and are slated to appear in the January print issue of the journal.
In the 1990s, researchers released a small study that found that when adults listened to a Mozart sonata they performed better on intelligence tests. Numerous studies have been done since, including studies on premature infants that have found the “Mozart effect” can decrease the heart rate, lower stress hormone levels and ease distressed behavior in premature infants, according to background information in the new study. Babies exposed to music have also shown an increase in their levels of oxygen and weight gain.”
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