ReviewNeural plasticity2019
Neuroprocessing Mechanisms of Music during Fetal and Neonatal Development: A Role in Neuroplasticity and Neurodevelopment.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- Musical and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of sound stimulations during pregnancy on fetal learning: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Musical Stimulation on Placental Programming and Neurodevelopment Outcome of Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Neurophysiological Processing of Music in Children: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis and Considerations for Clinical Practice in Music Therapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Music Therapy in Infancy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Children: A Secondary Analysis of the LongSTEP Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Effect of premature infant oral motor intervention [PIOMI] combined with music therapy on feeding progression of preterm infants: a randomized control trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Effects of Music Genres Reflecting Maternal Listening Preferences During Pregnancy on Distress Markers in Italian Preterm Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The origins of embodiment: behavioral and cardiovascular responses to music in very preterm newborns.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Perinatal Neuroprotection in Preterm Birth.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025Article
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- Music therapy as a preventive intervention for postpartum depression: modulation of synaptic plasticity, oxidative stress, and inflammation in a mouse model.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Music Therapy with Preterm Infants During Kangaroo Care: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study on Physiological and Electroencephalographic Parameters and Parental Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of maternal voice and non-nutritional sucking on repeated procedural pain of heel prick in neonates: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Neuroprotective therapies in the NICU in preterm infants: present and future (Neonatal Neurocritical Care Series).Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Neuroprotective therapies in the NICU in term infants: present and future.Pediatric research · 2023Review
- The Role of Music Therapy with Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Music and neuroscience research for mental health, cognition, and development: Ways forward.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Sensory stimulation program improves developments of preterm infants in Southwest China: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Music Modulates Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Human Fetuses.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Key Challenges and Future Directions When Running Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Research Protocols with Newborns: A Music and Language EEG Feasibility Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The primary aim of this viewpoint article is to examine recent literature on fetal and neonatal processing of music. In particular, we examine the behavioral, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging literature describing fetal and neonatal music perception and processing to the first days of term equivalent life. Secondly, in light of the recent systematic reviews published on this topic, we discuss the impact of music interventions on the potential neuroplasticity pathways through which the early exposure to music, live or recorded, may impact the fetal, preterm, and full-term infant brain. We conclude with recommendations for music stimuli selection and its role within the framework of early socioemotional development and environmental enrichment.
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