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Mozart doesn’t make you smarter

The idea that listening to Mozart will make you smarter is a myth, but the truth is even more interesting!

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Eva Amsen
Nov 05, 2021
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Maybe you’ve heard of the “Mozart effect”: the idea that listening to Mozart makes you smarter. Unfortunately, it’s a myth. The original research it was based on only showed that students who listened to music did better at a task than students who didn’t listen to any music. 

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