{"id":6,"date":"2006-08-06T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2006-08-06T02:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-06T02:25:00","slug":"can-mozarts-music-make-you-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2006\/08\/can-mozarts-music-make-you-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Mozart&#8217;s Music Make you Smarter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"music4surgery\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2006\/08\/can-mozarts-music-make-you-smarter\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Many of you have probably heard of &#8220;The Mozart Effect.&#8221;  The original research, done in California at UC Irvine, showed that Mozart&#8217;s Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos helped highschool students score higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test than students who listend to other music before the exam or those listened to nothing.  This was exciting news and was widely reported in the media. Later, some marketers began suggesting that Mozart&#8217;s music actually raised your IQ and &#8220;made you smarter.&#8221;  Not true. <\/p>\n<p>Neuromusicologists suggest that Mozart&#8217;s music may help you to organize your thoughts and may be good to listen before or during a task.  It&#8217;s also beautiful, brilliant music.  But it won&#8217;t make you smarter!  Sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Many of you have probably heard of &#8220;The Mozart Effect.&#8221; The original research, done in California at UC Irvine, showed that Mozart&#8217;s Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos helped highschool students score higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test than students who listend to other music before the exam or those listened to nothing. 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