Thanks ken ... I only read the summary but it looks like there is no data that IQ or reasoning is actually affected. Of course you should be able to spot slightly different brain activity for different pieces of music. But what does that prove? I am surprised they are still toying with this 'effect' after your excellent article. On the music front (don't get me started!) there are an infinite number of musical dimensions these two musical pieces differ on. K448 is allegro and spirited as the name suggests and has two instruments. Fur Elise is a little more contemplative. There is nothing special about Mozart. Yes a prodigy but so was Mendelssohn . Chopin blows them all away on the piano. Mozart was trained in the classical tradition as they all were. His brain worked the same way and he employed classical forms like the others. I am sure we could choose any composer and find slightly different poppings of neurons here and there.
3 years of piano lessons :-) ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== -----Original Message----- From: "Ken Steele" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 02:06:57 PM Subject: [tips] Proof that I never existed http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3112339/How-listening-Mozart-boost-memory-Classical-composer-s-music-linked-increase-brain-wave-activity-beats-Beethoven.html Exact same music and hand-waving explanation as reported in Rauscher, Shaw, & Ky (1993). Ken -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=45262 or send a blank email to leave-45262-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=45279 or send a blank email to leave-45279-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
