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Question:The so-called Mozart Effect has been debunked. LEARNING and PERFORMING music increases brain activity to the extent that there are more connections made between both hemispheres of the brain, and within otherwise less-connected areas - but listening to music has only a temporary effect on emotional and therefore cognitive states. Let's use movies as a comparison: you got to a science fiction movie, and get really scared about aliens blowing up the city. When you leave, you are talking fast, and discussing the creepy movie with your friends - but you do not keep looking skyward, preparing to die at any moment - you probably go for pizza and beer. The fear and excitement is temporary. You can retrieve those thoughts and emotions when you tell friends the next day - but are not REALLY scared. When you listen to music, it can put you in various emotional and brain-wave states - but you do not stay there. Playing music for babies, rats, comatose people - sorry, it does not work NEARLY to the extent that the writers of those books (send $19.95 to Amazon!) would have you believe. Sorry.

Consider the converse - people who listen to rap are not all gangsters, people who listen to jazz are not all smokers and addicts, people who listen to rock are not all dumber than a rock drummer - see, the bigoted assumptions work both ways - compliments and insults. Neither are true. You are who you are - and you like what you like. De gustibus non est disputandum - there's no accounting for taste.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The so-called Mozart Effect has been debunked. LEARNING and PERFORMING music increases brain activity to the extent that there are more connections made between both hemispheres of the brain, and within otherwise less-connected areas - but listening to music has only a temporary effect on emotional and therefore cognitive states. Let's use movies as a comparison: you got to a science fiction movie, and get really scared about aliens blowing up the city. When you leave, you are talking fast, and discussing the creepy movie with your friends - but you do not keep looking skyward, preparing to die at any moment - you probably go for pizza and beer. The fear and excitement is temporary. You can retrieve those thoughts and emotions when you tell friends the next day - but are not REALLY scared. When you listen to music, it can put you in various emotional and brain-wave states - but you do not stay there. Playing music for babies, rats, comatose people - sorry, it does not work NEARLY to the extent that the writers of those books (send $19.95 to Amazon!) would have you believe. Sorry.

Consider the converse - people who listen to rap are not all gangsters, people who listen to jazz are not all smokers and addicts, people who listen to rock are not all dumber than a rock drummer - see, the bigoted assumptions work both ways - compliments and insults. Neither are true. You are who you are - and you like what you like. De gustibus non est disputandum - there's no accounting for taste.

that's what i've heard from everybody.

u'll just enjoy life in a better way!

Actually, it is true. Music especially by musicians like Bach, Handel & Vivaldi have proven to help in brain development in premature babies. Interesting enough, it is usually only the composers who create music "for God's glory", that this effect is most prominent.

Consistent exposure to classical music has correlated with the positive cognitive development of children (and adults). Playing an instrument has the same effect to a stronger degree.

I don't beleive that for a minute.

Actually, the experiement that demonstrated what's called "the Mozart effect" compared three randomly sorted groups of college students. One group was exposed to Mozart for 15 minutes before a test, a second group was exposed to some elevator music, and the third group to no music at all. The Mozart group scored significantly higher on the test.

The researchers believe that the effect is caused not by music composed "for the greater glory of God" as the responder above claimed (thinking that Handel was interested in glorifying God shows ignorance of the man's character). Rather, the researchers concluded that listening to any music that's complex yet harmonious can improve brain function--so Mozart, Beethoven, and any of the great Baroque composers (Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Telemann) would work, as also would much of Bernstein, Britten, and moving into other realms, Dave Brubeck, Louis "Moondog" Hardin, early recordings by The Association, Yes, some of the calmer pieces by Emerson Lake & Palmer, and many Dave Matthews selections would also work.