Listening to classical music while pregnant makes your baby smarter :/?

Question

I've heard this rumour on numerous occasions - be it on websites, on television, and in general conversation. So, I was just wondering if it's true? Mothers should know exactly what I'm talking about :).

Thank you.

Answer 1

I also have doubt on that but if you really want your baby become smarter, the Mom should be smart too, I mean, during her pregnancy, she shall have healthy lifestyle including diet, emotion and etc. Beside listening to the music, I suggest the Mom should read books - motivational books (to motivate her and her baby), educational books (to educate her and her baby), religious books (to strengthen the faith) and any other good books.

I do agree with some opinion that musics will help to calm the baby especially the classical songs (so light and easy), in other words singing lullaby to the baby but it's a good practice to relax and unwind the emotions.

Answer 2

What researchers believes happens is that classical music encourages the creation of neurons and synapses in baby brains. It does not produce smarter children. However, what it may do is help children who may have had small brain bleeds or other malformations with neurons and synapses that bypass these areas. Potentially, that would mean that a child who might have had a lower IQ may now have a normal IQ.

Many parents who listened to classical music typically had higher than average IQs in the first place, which confounded earlier experiments and implied that the children were smarter due to classical music.

All that said, there is music therapy that has been found to assist children with certain disabilities including autism, virtually eliminating the problems they are encountering. However, it is specially done and not something you are going to find at the local Borders store.

Answer 3

No definite proof about it during pregnancy, but I do know that after birth that classical music can help develop better concentration and IQ for any age. What happens when you listen to classical music is that your brain unconsciously tries to distinguish between each individual instrument and note that is being played (which there are a lot, considering classical music is instrumental.) This results in a lot of right and left brain interaction/connections which help to strengthen your brain in areas relating to math and concentration.

The reason it may be so much more important in early life as that many of the neural connections you use later in life are formed or strengthened easiest during your young years. So by listening to classical music in infancy or as a young adult, your brain is starting out with an upper hand because there are more connections between the right and left hemispheres which can definitely improve intellect.

Answer 4

Logically, that's probably not be true, since you're the one listening to it, so if anyone's gonna get smarter, it's probably going to be you. Remember, a baby's hearing doesn't develop for a long time, and sound doesn't come through the umbalical cord. Another thing is that the baby doesn't know what it is listening to, so it probably won't have any effect, but when the child gets older, and you imerse it with an instrument, they will become smarter.

Answer 5

In addition to what others have said, bear in mind that all this pressure to raise 'brillliant' children usually makes them spoiled, pampered, and neurotic. The woman should eat right (avoiding 'crap' ingredients), exercise moderately, and stay away from negative stress. If that involves classical music, fine. If it involves Burt Bacharach music, fine. I would be surprised of any 'brilliant' results directly from the music, and I would expect negative effects if the mother hates that kind of music. I would avoid head-banging music though; that really can't be right. (If your pet would hate it, your baby would probably hate it).

Much development happens after birth. Avoid giving them a bunch of sugar. Avoid juice and sweets entirely. You could even feed the baby according to its bloodtype, if that interests you.

Answer 6

We like what is familiar, and if you listen to classical music, then your baby will like it, and if he takes music lessons later he may find them easier, because he is already familiar with the sound. And that could make him seem smarter.

Classical music will help you relax, and if that means a calmer mom, then it is good for baby too

Answer 7

Just because u listen to classical music and read doesn't mean your smart.

Answer 8

It is true and I have been called a mother. But I'm not. Classical music is very soothing to the fetus.

Answer 9

no it doesn't improve your babies IQ, mostly it says that you are the kind of parent that makes intelligence and learning a priority and that's why (if it happens) your baby might get "smarter" If classical music could improve IQ, we would not be fighting to help those with mental disabilities. if a parent values learning and fosters it in their child no matter what, that kid is going to have an edge.

Answer 10

in my opinion, it doesn't actually makes them smart but makes them enhance the babies reasoning skills. classical music soothes our brain (be it a baby or an adult). my sister-in-law always listen to classical music while nurturing my nephew.......my nephew is now 2 years and every time my sister hum that certain classical music, my nephew somehow calms down after having one of his tantrums.