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Let's leave the Mozart mind games

Claims for a sonata that made you smarter have been proven wrong. Now we can focus on the positive effects of all musicAt last. Researchers in Vienna have established that the "Mozart effect" has no basis in scientific fact. This has been one of the hoariest canards of music appreciation since research was published in 1993 from a study that claimed to show that students exposed to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos, K448, evinced improved cognitive abilities.The Mozart effect spawned an industry of...

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14:20 on May 17 2010

Let's leave the Mozart mind games

Guardian Music — Claims for a sonata that made you smarter have been proven wrong. Now we can focus on the positive effects of all musicAt last. Researchers in Vienna have established tha... more info
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