The Mozart Effect

[lisztisforkids]

Put.Put.

I once heard that the Mozart Effect even helps bread rise. Like to see it though...

[pianorama]

What's the Mozart Effect???

[zheer]

Yes am sure ov that, when i play Mozart with the window open, birds start singing, when i stop they stop singing.

[crazy for ivan moravec]

i forgot... i read on it a long2x time ago. i think it takes effect but after 15 minutes of listening it doesn't have an effect anymore. that's for a day. makes you smarter? hehehe i don't know.... 

[prometheus]

Some kinds of music is supposed to put your brain in its optimal mood and increase your 'beta'-IQ with 10 to 20 points. This is highly disputed.

Personally, I do have my doubts. But I do believe that music can be an effective brain exercise. And that surely helps your IQ. Of course the music has to be complex and the listerer must be really listening, active listening. Not passive or even subconscious listening.

[arensky]

Listening to Mozart is good for children (and anybody) because it is great art, it is better for them than listening to Raffi, for instance  But does it make you smarter, and will it help junior's math scores? I don't know, and have my doubts. I think it's hype perpetrated by music teachers. Yo mom and dad; want your little genius to be good at math? GET THEM A MATH TUTOR!!! Math is math, Mozart is Mozart!