Articles
- ABC News: Babies Cry with an Accent, Study Finds
- ABC News: Babies Recognize Mom’s Voice from the Womb
- Babies learn nursery rhymes from mother before birth
- BBC News: Babies Can Hear Syllables in the Womb, Says Research
- BBC: Babies with involved dads learn better
- Blouin News: Language Learning Begins in the Womb
- CBS News: Newborns Know Their Native Tongue, Study Finds
- Fox News: Babies Listen and Learn While in the Womb
- Huffington Post: Effect of Stress on Language Learning Ability in the Womb
- Johns Hopkins Magazine: The Origins of Babble
- Livestrong: Benefits of Reading to a Baby in the Womb
- Maternal Singing Calms Preemies and Their Mothers
- NBC News: Infants Recognize Melodies Heard in the Womb
- Newborns Recognize Nursery Rhymes They Heard in the Womb
- Oprah and Dr. Oz: Should You Read to Your Unborn Baby?
- Psychology Today: Can Infants Recognize Melodies Heard in the Womb?
- Psychology Today: The Neurobiology of Dr. Seuss
- Science Daily: Babies’ Language Learning Starts from the Womb
- Science Daily: Language Learning Begins in Utero, Study Finds; Newborn Memories of Oohs and Ahs Heard in the Womb
- Scientific American: Fetal Recall? Memory in Utero
- The Learning Channel: Alertness in the Womb
- The New York Times: Babies Seem to Pick Up Language in Utero
- The New York Times: Bedtime Stories for Young Brains
- The New York Times: Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language
- The New York Times: Language Lessons Start in the Womb
- University of Washington News: Parents Learn, Babies Talk
Research
- Aspects of Fetal Learning and Memory
- Early Development of Abstract Language Development
- Effects of Experience on Fetal Voice Recognition
- Fetal Responses to Induced Maternal Relaxation During Pregnancy
- Home Reading Environment and Brain Activation in Preschool Children Listening to Stories
- Language experienced in utero affects vowel perception after birth: a two-country study
- Linking Prenatal Experience to the Emerging Musical Mind
- Mother’s attitude to baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development
- Mother’s Voice and Heartbeat Sounds Elicit Auditory Plasticity in the Human Brain before Full Gestation
- Near-Term Fetuses Respond to Sound
- Newborns’ Cry Melody Is Shaped by Their Native Language
- Picture Books and the Statistics for Learning
- Prenatal Bases of Development of Speech and Language and Prenatal Stimulation
- Prenatal Maternal Speech Influences Newborns’ Perception of Speech Sounds
- Study: Singing to baby before and after birth calms newborn
- The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
- The Role of Mother’s Voice in the Organization of Brain Function in the Newborn
- The Roots of Bilingualism in Newborns
The Reading Womb 