At 01:06 PM 1/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Another potentially interesting use of music is reflected in research
> > > from a music teacher in this country (UK) which purported to show
> > > that playing Mozart to school pupils increased their capacity to
> > > learn.
>
>The so called Mozart effect was a very attractive hypothesis, but after 10 
>years of research, became clear that  unfortunately do not exist.


Even worse, the "Mozart effect" largely has become a sustained propaganda 
effort for one man, Campbell, to pedal his brand of snake oil.  Here is a 
superficial little summary:
<http://skepdic.com/mozart.html>

Eugene




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