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Music plays: "In the back of my mind, is a feeling, I'm going very slightly blind. Up in the front.."
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Female Speaks: The type of music his parents listen to can alter the baby's mood. Fast music will stimulate and excite him. (music plays)
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(muffled music plays)
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Music was as closest to the natural sounds and rhythms of the human voice, such as classical or choral music will have a sedating, calming effect.
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(slow music plays)
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(Man reads poem) "Shall I tell you what I like? Choral music, sung with feeling! Rock and roll played too loud will have me banging on the ceiling.
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Give me a steady beat and I'll dance. But what I prefer is a slow pulse.
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Music that calms but almost hypnotizes. Shall I tell you what I don't like? Surprises.."
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(Radio scans and plays loudly.)
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At 33 weeks the fetus may recognize a particular piece of music. And can even jump in time to it.
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(music continues to play)
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Female Speaks: Where once it seemed that the mental development of a baby began at birth,
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now it appears birth could be a relatively insignificant event in developmental terms.
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There is very little difference between the brain of a new born baby and that of a 32 week old fetus. He may have to support himself after birth,
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but as for the process of thinking, learning, and remembering, he will already have been hard at work for 3 months.
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(Man continues poem.) "Its like there are two of us. The real me. The one you can't see. Who thinks and feels and loves,
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and looks ahead. And the one you see, who lags behind. A victim of appetites and strange desires.
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Utterly needs I can only guess at. Looking ahead, I see it now. A lifetime of being held back and weighed down.
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Will I ever be free? Of that me?"
