Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses

Fetal hearing experiences shape the linguistic and musical preferences of neonates. From the very first moment after birth, newborns prefer their native language, recognize their mother's voice and show a greater responsiveness to lullabies presented during pregnancy. Yet, the neural underpinni...

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Autores: Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia, Ribas-Prats, Teresa, Puertollano, Marta, Mondéjar-Segovia, Alejandro, Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores, Costa Faidella, Jordi, Escera i Micó, Carles
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207315
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Palabra clave:Neuroplasticitat
Percepció de la música
Infants nadons
Neurologia dels nadons
Fetus
Psicoacústica
Neuroplasticity
Musical perception
Newborn infants
Neonatal neurology
Psychoacoustic
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spelling Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responsesArenillas-Alcón, SoniaRibas-Prats, TeresaPuertollano, MartaMondéjar-Segovia, AlejandroGómez Roig, Ma. DoloresCosta Faidella, JordiEscera i Micó, CarlesNeuroplasticitatPercepció de la músicaInfants nadonsNeurologia dels nadonsFetusPsicoacústicaNeuroplasticityMusical perceptionNewborn infantsNeonatal neurologyFetusPsychoacousticFetal hearing experiences shape the linguistic and musical preferences of neonates. From the very first moment after birth, newborns prefer their native language, recognize their mother's voice and show a greater responsiveness to lullabies presented during pregnancy. Yet, the neural underpinnings of this experience inducing plasticity have remained elusive. Here we recorded the frequency-following response (FFR), an auditory evoked potential elicited to periodic complex sounds, to show that prenatal music exposure is associated to enhanced neural encoding of speech stimuli periodicity, which relates to the perceptual experience of pitch. FFRs were recorded in a sample of 60 healthy neonates born at term and aged 12-72 hours. The sample was divided in two groups according to their prenatal musical exposure (29 daily musically exposed; 31 not-daily musically-exposed). Prenatal exposure was assessed retrospectively by a questionnaire in which mothers reported how often they sung or listened to music through loudspeakers during the last trimester of pregnancy. The FFR was recorded to either a /da/ or an /oa/ speech syllable stimulus. Analyses were centered on stimuli sections of identical duration (113 ms) and fundamental frequency (F0 = 113 Hz). Neural encoding of stimuli periodicity was quantified as the FFR spectral amplitude at the stimulus F0. Data revealed that newborns exposed daily to music exhibit larger spectral amplitudes at F0 as compared to not-daily musically-exposed newborns, regardless of the eliciting stimulus. Our results suggest that prenatal music exposure facilitates the tuning to human speech fundamental frequency, which may support early language processing and acquisition.John Wiley & Sons2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/207315Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13362Developmental Science, 2023, vol. 26, num.5, p. e13362https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13362cc by-nc-nd (c) Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia et al, 2023https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2073152026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
title Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
spellingShingle Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia
Neuroplasticitat
Percepció de la música
Infants nadons
Neurologia dels nadons
Fetus
Psicoacústica
Neuroplasticity
Musical perception
Newborn infants
Neonatal neurology
Fetus
Psychoacoustic
title_short Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
title_full Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
title_fullStr Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
title_full_unstemmed Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
title_sort Prenatal daily musical exposure is associated with enhanced neural representation of speech fundamental frequency: Evidence from neonatal frequency-following responses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia
Ribas-Prats, Teresa
Puertollano, Marta
Mondéjar-Segovia, Alejandro
Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores
Costa Faidella, Jordi
Escera i Micó, Carles
author Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia
author_facet Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia
Ribas-Prats, Teresa
Puertollano, Marta
Mondéjar-Segovia, Alejandro
Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores
Costa Faidella, Jordi
Escera i Micó, Carles
author_role author
author2 Ribas-Prats, Teresa
Puertollano, Marta
Mondéjar-Segovia, Alejandro
Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores
Costa Faidella, Jordi
Escera i Micó, Carles
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neuroplasticitat
Percepció de la música
Infants nadons
Neurologia dels nadons
Fetus
Psicoacústica
Neuroplasticity
Musical perception
Newborn infants
Neonatal neurology
Fetus
Psychoacoustic
topic Neuroplasticitat
Percepció de la música
Infants nadons
Neurologia dels nadons
Fetus
Psicoacústica
Neuroplasticity
Musical perception
Newborn infants
Neonatal neurology
Fetus
Psychoacoustic
description Fetal hearing experiences shape the linguistic and musical preferences of neonates. From the very first moment after birth, newborns prefer their native language, recognize their mother's voice and show a greater responsiveness to lullabies presented during pregnancy. Yet, the neural underpinnings of this experience inducing plasticity have remained elusive. Here we recorded the frequency-following response (FFR), an auditory evoked potential elicited to periodic complex sounds, to show that prenatal music exposure is associated to enhanced neural encoding of speech stimuli periodicity, which relates to the perceptual experience of pitch. FFRs were recorded in a sample of 60 healthy neonates born at term and aged 12-72 hours. The sample was divided in two groups according to their prenatal musical exposure (29 daily musically exposed; 31 not-daily musically-exposed). Prenatal exposure was assessed retrospectively by a questionnaire in which mothers reported how often they sung or listened to music through loudspeakers during the last trimester of pregnancy. The FFR was recorded to either a /da/ or an /oa/ speech syllable stimulus. Analyses were centered on stimuli sections of identical duration (113 ms) and fundamental frequency (F0 = 113 Hz). Neural encoding of stimuli periodicity was quantified as the FFR spectral amplitude at the stimulus F0. Data revealed that newborns exposed daily to music exhibit larger spectral amplitudes at F0 as compared to not-daily musically-exposed newborns, regardless of the eliciting stimulus. Our results suggest that prenatal music exposure facilitates the tuning to human speech fundamental frequency, which may support early language processing and acquisition.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13362
Developmental Science, 2023, vol. 26, num.5, p. e13362
https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13362
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