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Enhanced response to music in pregnancy

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Fritz,  Thomas Hans
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Ghent University, Belgium;
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany;

Ciupek,  Marian
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

Kirkland,  Ambika
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

Guha,  Anika
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Hoyer,  Jana
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Villringer,  Arno
Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Fritz, T. H., Ciupek, M., Kirkland, A., Ihme, K., Guha, A., Hoyer, J., et al. (2014). Enhanced response to music in pregnancy. Psychophysiology, 51(9), 905-911. doi:10.1111/psyp.12228.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-001A-2926-3
Abstract
Given a possible effect of estrogen on the pleasure-mediating dopaminergic system, musical appreciation in participants whose estrogen levels are naturally elevated during the oral contraceptive cycle and pregnancy has been investigated (n = 32, 15 pregnant, 17 nonpregnant; mean age 27.2). Results show more pronounced blood pressure responses to music in pregnant women. However, estrogen level differences during different phases of oral contraceptive intake did not have any effect, indicating that the observed changes were not related to estrogen. Effects of music on blood pressure were independent of valence, and dissonance elicited the greatest drop in blood pressure. Thus, the enhanced physiological response in pregnant women probably does not reflect a protective mechanism to avoid unpleasantness. Instead, this enhanced response is discussed in terms of a facilitation of prenatal conditioning to acoustical (musical) stimuli.