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Q. Will listening to music with just 1 headphone on affect that respective part of the brain? Its been said that baroque classical music affects both sides of the brain. I was wondering if this could be altered by just using 1 headphone.
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No it cannot be altered by just one headphone because your brain is separated into 2 hemispheres that are both connected by the corpus collosum. If you were a split brain patient, meaning your corpus collosum had been severed for medical purposes, (such as to reduce the effects of seizures in the brain from spreading between the hemispheres), then you would only be receiving the stimulus into one portion of the brain if you listened with one ear. However, since your corpus collosum is still connected , it transfers all information from one side of the brain to the other, and vice versa. Therefore, anything one side of the brain hears, sees, smell, visualizes, etc, the other side will as well.
No it cannot be altered by just one headphone because your brain is separated into 2 hemispheres that are both connected by the corpus collosum. If you were a split brain patient, meaning your corpus collosum had been severed for medical purposes, (such as to reduce the effects of seizures in the brain from spreading between the hemispheres), then you would only be receiving the stimulus into one portion of the brain if you listened with one ear. However, since your corpus collosum is still connected , it transfers all information from one side of the brain to the other, and vice versa. Therefore, anything one side of the brain hears, sees, smell, visualizes, etc, the other side will as well.
How does putting headphones on your belly while pregnant really affect the baby?
Crackalyn
I would think such a thing would annoy the baby and make it hate your taste in music before even being born. Aren't fetuses like, asleep or something in the womb until they are born? Common sense tells me that disturbing a sleeping baby is a bad idea, is it somehow different in utero?
I know that's a lot of questions. I've also heard of some people using classical music saying it makes the baby smarter or something. What if they used heavy metal or rap instead? Wouldn't just talking to the belly work better?
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First of all, babies are NOT always asleep in the womb. There are quite a few hours a day where they are very much awake and play and kick and do whatever they want. If you are playing music to your baby while they are in a waking cycle, then they actually enjoy it same as you would listening to music. While they might not like every bit of music you throw at them, I've found that my kids in general find comfort in the songs I played to them in the womb no matter what the song. For instance, with one of my daughters I played White Zombie ALOT and when she was born she would always get really fussy and cranky and when I'd play White Zombie she would calm down and actually be a mellow docile little thing. Also, about the classical music thing. The reason they say to play classical music is because the music notes are usually a touch irratic and it forces their brains to open up more synapsis to process the music as opposed to country which believe it or not has the lowest ability to form synapsis in the brain. It's believed that by making these early connections that your baby will be able to gain and retain information better the older they get. All I can say is that my babies always enjoyed music time and if I missed music time I would get beaten up inside and when I play music they get all calm in my belly. There's benefits to music that you just can't get from talking. Besides who's got all day to sit there and have a one sided conversation with a baby without looking like a crazy. You should talk to your baby, but sometimes music is easier to do on the go.
First of all, babies are NOT always asleep in the womb. There are quite a few hours a day where they are very much awake and play and kick and do whatever they want. If you are playing music to your baby while they are in a waking cycle, then they actually enjoy it same as you would listening to music. While they might not like every bit of music you throw at them, I've found that my kids in general find comfort in the songs I played to them in the womb no matter what the song. For instance, with one of my daughters I played White Zombie ALOT and when she was born she would always get really fussy and cranky and when I'd play White Zombie she would calm down and actually be a mellow docile little thing. Also, about the classical music thing. The reason they say to play classical music is because the music notes are usually a touch irratic and it forces their brains to open up more synapsis to process the music as opposed to country which believe it or not has the lowest ability to form synapsis in the brain. It's believed that by making these early connections that your baby will be able to gain and retain information better the older they get. All I can say is that my babies always enjoyed music time and if I missed music time I would get beaten up inside and when I play music they get all calm in my belly. There's benefits to music that you just can't get from talking. Besides who's got all day to sit there and have a one sided conversation with a baby without looking like a crazy. You should talk to your baby, but sometimes music is easier to do on the go.
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