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!
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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There are a lot of other interesting …