Music plays: "In the back of my mind, is a feeling, I'm going very slightly blind. Up in the front.."
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)
(muffled music plays)
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.
(slow music plays)
(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.
Give me a steady beat and I'll dance. But what I prefer is a slow pulse.
Music that calms but almost hypnotizes. Shall I tell you what I don't like? Surprises.."
(Radio scans and plays loudly.)
At 33 weeks the fetus may recognize a particular piece of music. And can even jump in time to it.
(music continues to play)
Female Speaks: Where once it seemed that the mental development of a baby began at birth,
now it appears birth could be a relatively insignificant event in developmental terms.
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,
but as for the process of thinking, learning, and remembering, he will already have been hard at work for 3 months.
(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,
and looks ahead. And the one you see, who lags behind. A victim of appetites and strange desires.
Utterly needs I can only guess at. Looking ahead, I see it now. A lifetime of being held back and weighed down.
Will I ever be free? Of that me?"