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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 (14:53:40) |
| Tags : Classical Music, Vienna, Mozart |
Does listening to Mozart make you smarter? |
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| London, May 18: Scientists have long been debating the alleged performance-enhancing effects of hearing classical music. However, researchers in Vienna have found no evidence that listening to Mozart can improve one's cerebral capacity.
Researchers found no evidence that listening to Mozart would improve intelligence.
In 1993, a finding showed that exposure to Mozart boosted spatial task performance among college students.
Mozart's 1781 sonata for two pianos in D major (KV 448) supposedly enhanced students' cognitive abilities through mere listening.
Scientific articles only rarely attract such public attention and excitement as was the case for Rauscher's publication.
The wrote that listening to Mozart would give college-bound students an edge in the SAT. What is more, other commentators hailed Mozart's music as a magic bullet to boost children's intelligence.
The study synthesises the entirety of the scientific record on the topic.
Retrieved for this systematic investigation were about 40 independent studies, published ones as well as a number of unpublished academic theses from the US and elsewhere, totalling more than 3,000 participants.
The researchers' key finding is clear-cut: based on cumulated evidence, there remains no support for gains in spatial ability specifically due to listening to Mozart. (IANS) |
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