More Lullaby News.Recently, the Mozart Effect The Mozart effect refers to disputed scientific studies that test a theory suggesting that classical music increases brain activity more positively than other kinds of music,[1] (which theorizes that Mozart's music stimulates children's intellectual and creative development) has been studied and publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised . Now, a study conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. , Provo, Utah, suggests that music aids preemies to thrive and grow. Music professor Rosalie Pratt helped study thirty-three premature infants premature infant Prematurity, premie; preterm infant Obstetrics An infant born before the 37th wk of gestation and after the 20th wk, who weighs 500–2500 g. See Very-low birth weight. in a newborn intensive care unit. The babies listened to men and women singing and reciting lullabies for twenty minutes, two times a day, for four days. The results showed that those babies had lower heart rates, had better oxygen intake, and gained weight more quickly than the control group. This resulted in an average discharge date of three days earlier than the other babies. Pratt stated that when music is carefully used, it can be an inexpensive, readily available treatment. --American Baby, December 1998 |
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