You may have heard the claim that listening to classical music makes you smarter. But is this just a myth, or does classical ...

IDEAS The ‘Mozart effect’ is bunk. But your brain on music is still a wondrous thing. The neurological signature of musicians’ brains is that of an ‘auditory-motor athlete.’ ...

A 2015 study (Verussio, W. et al.) investigated the influence of Mozart’s music on brain activity. The subjects were 10 healthy adults, 10 healthy elderly, and 10 elderly with diagnosis of mild ...

Learning to make music engages and demands coordination among many brain regions, including those that process sights, sounds, emotions and memories, says Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, a Harvard ...

Music, particularly Mozart's compositions, can evoke deep emotions and enhance cognitive functions. The 'Mozart Effect' is a concept suggesting that listening to Mozart's music may temporarily ...

For those receiving musical instruction, “there is evidence that music changes the brain in positive and permanent ways,” says Laurel Trainor, professor of psychology, neuroscience and ...

It is said that classical music could make children more intelligent, but when you look at the scientific evidence, the picture is more mixed. You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s ...

In academic literature it's called "The Mozart Effect": first popularised by Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis in his 1991 book Pourquoi Mozart?, the Mozart effect is the study of how classical music ...

But the kids did just as well after they’d heard stories or listened to children’s music. What’s more, their performance depended on how much they liked the music or stories, which led to the counter ...