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Some scientists refer to the phenomenon as “The Mozart Effect.” The name draws from a groundbreaking 1993 study led by F. H. Rauscher. It claimed that the participants listening to a Mozart sonata for ten minutes showed significantly better reasoning skills than those who spent the same amount of time listening to “relaxing music” or sitting in silence.
This conclusion was controversial, and even Dr. Rauscher “stressed that the Mozart effect is limited to spatial temporal reasoning and that there is no enhancement of general intelligence.” Even these limited effects, however, show that listening to classical music yields numerous benefits.
In the years since scientists discovered the Mozart Effect, many have tried to determine how it works on the human body. Benefits include increased respiration, decreases in muscle tension, narrowing and expanding blood vessels, releasing endorphins and increased heart rate. However, all of those factors are ultimately controlled by some part of the brain. (Read more.)
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