In a message dated 5/27/2003 8:58:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Other forms of prenatal learning (habituation, > classical conditioning) have been demonstrated in > small studies with frogs, ducks, rats and humans (one > guy used a car horn as the noxious stimulus!). > > Debbi > who bets that the mother cat's umble-equivalent is > recognized by her newborn kittens ;) And 40 years ago... http://raymondscott.com/SSFB.htm First 3 paragraphs... Despite its title, Soothing Sounds for Baby isn't just for infants. When it was recorded by composer / electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, it was intended for babies -- but history has endowed this deceptively simple work with a broader significance. Had Scott known that this elemental music's appeal would continue as its target audience grew up, he might have entitled the series Sophisticated Sounds for Baby. - - Released on three long-playing records in conjunction with the Gesell Institute of Child Development, Inc., Soothing Sounds... was intended to serve as an "aural toy" during the "feeding, teething, play, sleep and fretful periods" of infants in three distinct age groups. The original album notes stressed that a young child's sense of hearing is better developed than many people realize. Besides soothing infants, these recordings were intended to be "pleasantly stimulating." Babies like "new sights and new sounds," explained a booklet slipped inside the LPs. Music consists of vibrations, which babies also like -- "just vibrate baby's bed gently," the booklet noted, and "crying often stops." By approximating "the rhythmic tinkle of a music box" and "a ticking watch held close to [the] ear," Soothing Sounds for Baby provided a "quieting" atmosphere of relaxation, warmth, and contentment. --------- Highly collectable if you ever find the records at a yard sale, Debbi. >From the man who gave you the best music for Warner Brothers cartoons. William Taylor ---------------------- Powerhouse rules! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
