Saturday, 26 November 2016

Week 3 [21-27.11.2016] - A Comparative Analysis of the Universal Elements of Music and the Fetal Environment

I would like to apologize for late article publishing. Currently time in my environment rush very quickly. I would like to ask for prolong comments deadline for those who don't have enough time in weekend to answer my questions.

In this article we would like focus on a sound we hear from the very beginning. This is one of the first perception experience we feel in our life. Sound is started to be heard by fetus in the first month from the insemination. The study about sound and rhythm connected with hear pulse of the fetus it was simply the meter of time to appear. David Teie try to answer this question about this scientific problem in article:

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01158.

Please read above article and answer questions:

1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?

30 comments:

  1. Hello,
    I watched the movie about DJ who was adjusting rhythm of played music to humans pulse. When he achieved harmony with guests pulse then they were enjoying a music much better. Film and topic are not inline to my interests but it means the scenario was not fantasy but science ;)

    Regarding to yours second question I think the answer is here:
    "The brain structures responsible for our emotions are able to retain information long before the upper cortical structures. A logical conclusion to the summed effects is that brain structures responsible for emotions and that are well developed at birth may remember and later respond to sounds that resemble those of the fetal environment."

    Last question I want to start like that:
    An elephant stepped on my ear and I am not familiar with music language. But not even similarities between sound but presence of music in every part of the world its role in religious, wars and so on is fascinating

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    1. Thank you for you answer. Example with DJ is very interesting.

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  2. Unfortunately I have no expertise in that research area. Music/Sounds are completely unknown topics for me. Sorry...

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    1. Frankly speaking I use music only for entertainment but recently I found that there is huge potential in this kind of area.

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  3. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
    The analysis of universal elements of music is not the primary area of my interest, however in light of the learning process, I am keen to explore this field as well.

    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?

    As delineated in the article, there is correlation between limbic system development and sound acquired from fetes and birth development. Former informal discussions with doctors tend to confirm the stance presented by the author in this article.

    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world?

    According to the research paper the cultural similarities around the sound inheritance might suggest to be originating from sounds heard by fetus during the pregnancy period. Interestingly some perceptions of sounds tend to be steady across the globe, ranking higher sound of drums that are similar to sounds heard in womb.

    Are you familiar with music language?

    Unfortunately I am not familiar with music language.

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    1. Thank you I am trying find something interesting in a science domain.

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  4. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
    All sound topics are a bit in the area of my research. I’m focusing on ways to interact with objects and to do that I need to implement different types of recognition algorithms. The funny thing that recognition of the sound and object on the picture are often very similar.
    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
    According to the article there is such connection but I can’t say anything more than in the article  I’m not as good
    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?
    This is very similar to the different inventions that humanity made in similar time but in different parts of the world. In my opinion it is related with our brains. Each of us is a unique person BUT often we think in similar way. That is why different people can invent same NEW thing without interaction with each other, and also from the same reason there can be similarities that you’ve mentioned

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  5. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
    No it does not.
    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
    I don't know that sorry this is not may research area or even interest area so I don't want to write any bollocks.
    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?
    Same answer as above.

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    1. I submit this article because sometimes I want to get out from narrowed IT box. Sometimes it helps quite a lot.

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  6. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
    I'm afraid not.
    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
    Maybe it is, at least this is the idea presented in the article. However, I'm not sure how we can properly study this subject to confirm those assumptions.
    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?
    In this particular case I totally agree with Dawid. Even though, we are leaving in different parts of the world, in a different cultures and so on. We can still invent same things.

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  7. I found this article and the topic very interesting, however in my opinion all areas of research pertaining to pre-birth period, fetus development, fetus environment etc.are extremely theoretical in their nature, as their thesis, conclusions and analysis cannot be confirmed. For the time being we are not able to communicate with unborn children. What's more we cannot spend some time in uterus so as to see what unborn babies experience there. Nevertheless, I totally agree that cultural similarities when it comes to music instruments, may result from the fact that unborn babies all over the world hear same sounds when being in mother's uterus.

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    1. That's right. This is very interesting how fetus hear sounds despite the region where the mother lives and differences about sound environment.

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  8. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?

    It is pretty far from my research area and interests. I have only limited knowlegde about music and about pregnancy. One think is a bit weird to me. You wrote that 'Sound is started to be heard by fetus in the first month from the insemination', but most of the pregnancy calendars says that a fetus starts to hear at 4-5th month of pregnancy.

    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?

    On the basis of the article presented it seems that there is a connection between Limbic System Development and the sound from environment.

    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?

    In this topic I agree with Dawid, that people have similar brains and think similarly and this may be the cause of having similar ideas in the distant parts of the world.

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    1. No you are right. Fetus hear the sound from fifth month not first. I'm sorry for that.

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  9. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?
    It was an interesting article. Maybe because of my hobby – I like to play the piano. So the questions of the origins of music are really curious. As for me the arguments set out in article are very convincing. Moreover I found some interesting issues such as language learning by the fetus in the womb.

    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
    Yes, for sure. Article mentions few researches that prove influence of sensory stimuli on fetus. Article’s author indicates also the theory that meter and rhythm in music are musical representations of sounds that are heard during the time when the limbic structures are formed in the developing brain.

    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?
    Personally I believe that origin of some musical instruments may be due to prenatal period, for example the drum. However other musical instruments were invented because of innate human musicality. All of them use audible sound frequency and most of them are imitations of sounds of the nature.

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    1. Nature know sound far earlier than human being. Taming it was a matter of time for people.

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  10. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?

    Yes, this subject is interesting for me. I think many people are at least a little intereseted in music because it is everywhere. It is interesting that how we experience music in a womb.

    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?
    According to article I can say yes but nothing more because I don't hae knowlegde about it.

    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?
    I like this question because I am interested in music from different parts of the world as a part of my other hobby. I think that similarities in sound of instrument may be partially explain by migration of people and the fact that music exist from ancient times.

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    1. I'm happy to have opportunity to present article that are interesting.

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  12. Thank you for a very interesting article, music is not my area of interest. I do not have musical talent but sometimes a topic from this field will interest to me. Regarding the second question - by virtue of this article I answer yes. I think, like previous speakers that a little difficult is it unambiguously. With regard to the correctness of not only music similar time periods they developed new instruments. For example, Newton and Leibniz almost simultaneously introduced calculus ...

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    1. Unfortunately there are possibilities that for example two famous scientist publish something independently in two different parts of the world.

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  13. I do not know the subject very much. But I read once about the influence of music on the unborn child. The results were interesting for me.

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    1. I am happy that my article was found to be somehow curious.

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  14. Piotr thanks for this article. For me it is a very interesting topic because I love listening to music and in my opinion music from the early childhood is very important.
    The structures of the limbic system are involved in a lot of our life areas: motivation, emotion, learning, and memory. The limbic system is where the subcortical structures meet the cerebral cortex. The limbic system operates by influencing the endocrine system and the autonomic nervous system. The human fetus is able to hear at the age of 24 weeks therefore all that surrounds children every single sound adds to creating their limbic system. In my opinion similarities among music instruments that were introduced in different parts of the world are from our brain and from our roots – mind you all people are descendants of Adam and Eve.

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    1. I'm just a little bit interested in music however I found this article also interesting. Thank you for your comment.

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  15. 1. Does this mentioned subject interest you?

    It is something new, so I am glad to read something about unknown subject, but it is not very interesting for me. I hope that we can post more of articles about areas of life that are known for us, especially IT, technology, electronics. It is really terribly hard to give opinion and answer questions regarding something that I read for the first time about.

    2. Is there are any connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment?

    As we can read in article there is a connection between Limbic System Development and sound acquired from fetus and birth environment. But this answer is only according to the article, personally I have no idea about it.

    3. Another research issue is to study connection between cultural similarities of sound inheritance. How do you explain similarities about music instruments that was introduced in different parts of the world? Are you familiar with music language?

    I am familiar with music language, because my girlfriend graduated University of Music, so I had to learn something about it. According to what I know it is pretty obvious for me that similar inventions are made in different part of the world. It is exactly as it is right know, I have a thought of building particular app, but there is at least few people who came up with this idea in other parts of the world in the same time. We all have similar needs and we are trying to find a solution how to fulfil them.

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    1. I am a little bit bored about reading all technology articles but I am always open to read articles where there are potential to create something innovative with IT technology.

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  16. Thank you again for your responses I am sorry for late article publishing.

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