COMPARING MUSICAL PERCEPTION BETWEEN FETALS AND NEONATALS IN QUIET ENVIRONMENT AND ALPHA MUSIC ENVIRONMENT.

Fetal auditory response generally occurs after the 28th week of pregnancy and in this period, a fetus reacts to the auditory stimulants which are from the outside world. Learning after birth is commonly based on the brain based learning and a lot of studies show that a neonatal can be distinguish the auditory stimulants in detail. In this study, to see and to compare thefetal?s auditory response before birth and the neonatal?s auditory response after birth, 20 pregnant subjects who are in the 36th week of the pregnancy and 20 neonatal subjects who wereborn healthy are chosen and in the quiet and alpha music environments, ECG outputs are obtained from the heart rhythm and motor activity of the participants. Alpha wave is a common waveform which is clearly seen in the beginning part of the relaxation and this wave has a lower frequency range. When this information and quiet environment data are based on, a rhythm decrease whose duration is approximately 8,23 seconds is obtained for the fetals in the alpha music environment. For this reason, it can be said that fetals learn the alpha music easier than neonatals and this music makes fetals much more relaxed than neonatals and as a result, more slow heart rhythms are acquired from fetals. According to the obtained results, the musical perception of the fetal is correlated with his/her mother and the accuracy of the obtained results is supported with the specific features of ECG data and statistical data. - See more at: