A5029205366- Infant Health and Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Language Development and Disorders
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Music Therapy and Health
- Education Methods and Practices
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Historical Education Studies Worldwide
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Educational and Social Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Historical Education and Society
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Date Palm Research Studies
- Medicinal Plant Research
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
University of Geneva
2017-2025
University of Aosta Valley
2017-2024
University Hospital of Geneva
2019-2023
Universidad del Valle
2020-2021
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2015-2017
Université Paris Nanterre
2013
Aim To study the effects of live maternal speaking and singing on physiological parameters preterm infants in NICU to test hypothesis that vocal stimulation can have differential at a behavioural level. Methods Eighteen mothers spoke sang their medically stable incubators over 6 days, between 1 2 pm. Heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (OxSat), number critical events (hypoxemia, bradycardia apnoea) change state were measured. Results Comparisons periods with without revealed significantly...
Abstract Preterm infants undergo early separation from parents and are exposed to frequent painful clinical procedures, with resultant short- long-term effects on their neurodevelopment. We aimed establish whether the mother’s voice could provide an effective safe analgesia for preterm endogenous oxytocin (OXT) be linked pain modulation. Twenty were three conditions—mother’s live (speaking or singing) standard care—in random order during a procedure. OXT levels (pg/mL) in saliva plasma...
Abstract Aim Immunisation is a global health priority, but methods of non‐pharmacological pain relief are not widely used in routine clinical practice. In this study, we set out to investigate the effects maternal singing during vaccination infants. Methods We recruited 67 mother–infant pairs at Health Centres Aosta Region Italy. Infants aged 2–4 months were randomly allocated intervention group or control whose injections administered following standard Pre‐ and post‐immunisation was...
Preterm birth is associated with a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental deficits. Indeed, preterm children are at increased risk for cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional difficulties. There currently an increasing interest in introducing music intervention neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care. Several studies have shown short-term beneficial effects. A recent study has that listening to familiar (heard daily during the NICU stay) enhanced infants' functional connectivity between...
Abstract In their first weeks of life preterm infants are deprived developmentally appropriate stimuli, including mother’s voice. The current study explores the immediate association two infant behaviours (open eyes or smiling) with quality a infant-directed speech and singing. Participants 20 mothers who asked to speak sing medically stable placed in incubators. Eighty-four vocal samples extracted when they occur presence an infant’s behavioural display compared random selections during...
Abstract Music is known to induce emotions and activate associated memories, including musical memories. In adults, it well that music activates both working memory limbic networks. We have recently discovered as early during the newborn period, familiar processed differently from unfamiliar music. The present study evaluates listening effects at brain level in newborns, by exploring impact of or first‐time on subsequent resting‐state functional connectivity brain. Using a connectome‐based...
Background: Early parental interventions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) have beneficial effects on preterm infants’ short and long-term outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate Vocal Contact (EVC)—singing speaking—on vagal activity autonomic nervous system (ANS) maturation. Methods: In multi-center randomized clinical trial, twenty-four stable infants, born at 25–32 weeks gestational age, were either EVC group or control group, where mothers did not interact with...
(1) Background: Preterm infants spend their first weeks of life in the hospital partially separated from parents and subjected to frequent potentially painful clinical procedures. Previous research has found that early vocal contact reduces infant pain perception while simultaneously increasing oxytocin (OXT) levels. The current study aims assess effect maternal singing speaking on mothers. (2) Methods: During a procedure over two days, twenty preterm were randomly exposed mother’s live...
The main aim of the present study was to investigate effects COVID-19 pandemic on mothers’ postnatal depression, stress, and attachment during their stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Twenty mothers very premature infants born before 32weeks gestational age were recruited at Geneva University Hospital between January 2018 February 2020 started. Mothers screened for depression after preterm infant’s birth (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS), then stress (Parental Stressor...
Background General Movements (GMs) are part of the spontaneous movement repertoire and assessing them helps to determine integrity central nervous system in newborns. The aim this study was investigate effects maternal singing speaking Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on preterm infants’ GMs at term equivalent age 3 months. Methods In multi-center randomized clinical trial, 56 stable infants (25–32 weeks) were either an intervention group – which mothers asked speak sing their for 20 min,...
Prosody in infant-directed speech (IDS) serves important functions for the infant's attention, regulation, and emotional expression. However, how structural characteristics of this vocal signal are influenced by presence or absence one two parents at different infant ages remains under-investigated. This study aimed to identify acoustic parental vocalizations 69 families during specific phases Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP) setting. Vocalizations were analyzed both two-person contexts...
Emotional prosody results from the dynamic variation of language's acoustic non-verbal aspects that allow people to convey and recognize emotions. The goal this paper is understand how recognition develops childhood adolescence. We also aim investigate ability perceive multiple emotions in voice matures over time. tested 133 children adolescents, aged between 6 17 years old, exposed 4 kinds linguistically meaningless emotional (anger, fear, happiness, sadness) neutral stimuli. Participants...