My wife now is in twentieth week of pregnancy. I would like to
know which kind of music is the best for the baby's development,
of if you can point me to some literature on the subject. Any
music you enjoy listening to, that you plan to play after the
baby is born would be appropriate. Human voices are best for
learning speech processing. Newborns can recognize the voices of
people whom they heard speaking before birth. Normal sounds,
including mother's heart beat, walking, and parents' voices are
appropriate for development. Some would say the most important
sounds are voices, not music. The developing brain is processing
all the senses in an integrated way. Rhythm-- motion with
music-- and prosody (emphasis with speech) are examples of
multimodal integration that babies can process before they are
born. Consider taking a multimodal approach to sensory
integration, rather than just focusing on one sense organ.
Consider reading "The Integrated Development of Sensory
Organization" by Robert Lickliter in the De