Babies can remember things from the womb for much longer than we thought, according to researchers at the University of Leicester.

Psychologist Alexandra Lamont found that year-old babies still recognized and had a preference for musical pieces that were played to them before being born. Previous studies have only shown babies being familiar with pre-birth experiences when they were a few days old.

Lamont had thought the children might develop a taste for the style of music played by their mothers, but this was not true. Instead, she was surprised to find that the babies could discriminate and remember individual songs.

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Babies' musical memories formed in the womb