Mandy Baker Johnson

Welcome to the web site for Joy Johnson when she was known as Mandy Baker Johnson. Following the passing of Joy in 2021, this site is now archived. You can read a tribute to Joy here.

A foetus has memory – wow!

Published 11 November 2008

I found out last week that during the second trimester, the foetus develops memory.  Dr Simon Atkins in his book Make me a Baby reports that in a 1988 study, babies whose mothers watched Neighbours before they were born became quiet and content when they heard the theme tune after birth.  Wow!