The Controversial Mozart Effect
•The Mind Institute
•1993
- College students who listened to the Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K.448)
•Short-term
subsequent enhancement of their spatial-temporal (ST) reasoning (making a mental image and thinking ahead in
space and time, as in chess,
music or math).
•1997
- 3 year-olds given piano keyboard training for six months showed long-term ST reasoning enhancement.
•The Mozart Effect
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lResults of Research
¡Evidence has been reported in 26 of 27 studies that were
done to duplicate the effect.
¡Effect is cross-species (occurs in rats brains as
well),
¡Music impacts neural firing patterns in epileptics as
demonstrated in PET scans
(improved spatial reasoning)
¡Effect present in preschoolers and not dependant on
musical talent
¡EEG Studies demonstrated enhanced synchronization of
neuronal firing activity of
the right frontal and left temporal-parietal areas compared to students listening to a story.
