"There is no recent research supporting the Mozart Effect, and a study by the University of Vienna found no evidence that Mozart's music alleviates symptoms in patients with epilepsy, suggesting the beneficial effects may be a myth."

"A recent study has found that Mozart's music does not have a positive effect on epilepsy patients, contradicting previous claims that it could alleviate symptoms."

The Mozart Effect improves spatial reasoning tasks by stimulating the brain's nervous system with high-frequency waves, leading to increased concentration and memory.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is considered one of Mozart's notable masterworks, offering a delightful and lucid introduction to his music.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The property of Mozart's music believed to stimulate the nervous system is its high-frequency waves, specifically those above 3500 Hz, which can improve physiological function and increase concentration and memory.

The University of Bern led a study on the effect of classical music, analyzing audience members' reactions to different musical styles.

The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that the myth about Mozart's music alleviating epilepsy symptoms has been dispelled due to lack of reliable evidence.

The University of Bern study had 132 participants, who were analyzed across three concerts with the same repertoire.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for a total of 25 minutes, with 20 minutes of music played before and during the blood collection.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded research on the Mozart effect and its impact on memory in patients with cognitive impairment.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.

"There is no recent research supporting the Mozart Effect, and a study by the University of Vienna found no evidence that Mozart's music alleviates symptoms in patients with epilepsy, suggesting the beneficial effects may be a myth."

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The results of the study are presented in the journal Scientific Reports.
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In the past, it was believed that Mozart ’ s music had many positive effects on a person, for example, it increases the intelligence of the fetus if a pregnant woman listened to it.
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"A recent study has found that Mozart's music does not have a positive effect on epilepsy patients, contradicting previous claims that it could alleviate symptoms."

The Mozart Effect improves spatial reasoning tasks by stimulating the brain's nervous system with high-frequency waves, leading to increased concentration and memory.

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Content: Fung Ying Ying Little Red Book 5 Great Books to Read and Listen to Mozart? A Drink to Enhance Memory
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Feng Ying Ying graduated with honors from the Department of Food and Nutrition of the University of Hong Kong in 2016, and returned to the campus last year to pursue a master ’ s degree in food industry management and marketing.
Screenshot of Feng Ying's Little Red Book
Feng Ying Ying shared a short video on the mainland social platform Little Red Book, sharing her five tips on reading, saying that not only love needs ritual, learning needs to be. "Serena Williams, the women 's tennis champion, listens to the same song every time she goes out, and will play tennis five times before kick-off." Feng Ying Ying Ying said she has a set of five strokes learning rituals. Better.
1. Create a learning atmosphere
Feng Ying-ying says that when studying, he will put some objects that can motivate him, such as books he likes, or write a memo of his own goals to remind him to study hard, "such as writing on the entrance to a nearby university, or hoping to get a grade in the exam."
Screenshot of Feng Ying's Little Red Book
2. Have a fixed learning time
Feng Ying Ying said that she is not used to staying up all night studying. She goes to bed before 12: 00 every night and usually gets up at 6: 00 in the morning to study. “Because the environment is quiet, less interference, and she will be more focused. ” Breakfast, going for a run, sweating, reading your favorite books, can make you look forward to getting up early. ”
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3. Listen to music
Although some people suspect that listening to music is distracted during reading, Feng Ying said that the human brain has two attention systems, cognitive and non-cognitive attention systems, which "help us listen to music, especially pure music, our cognitive attention system will be less sensitive", thus making the attention in reading more concentrated and reducing the chance of distraction.
"Mozart's music contains many high-frequency waves above 3500 Hz", high-frequency waves can stimulate the spine to the brain's nervous system, improve physiological function, while listening to Mozart's music, the brain will be in the A-wave state of concentration and memory are going up.
Screenshot of Feng Ying's Little Red Book
4. Drink Green Tea
Feng Ying Ying said that Swiss research has confirmed that the extract in green tea can make the cognitive function of the brain better, can strengthen the human body's cognitive ability and memory, help us to refresh the mind, so that the state of reading is more effective.
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5. Applying the Law of Attraction
According to the law of attraction, it is not enough to put a note on the goal in the learning environment, you can try to imagine that you have achieved the dream as much as possible, and use this sense of satisfaction to drive you to continue to work hard for the goal, "believe that you have got, you will get".
After the video was released, Internet users in both places also expressed support for Feng Ying Ying, "These films are very high quality", "Very good learning method, I hope I have a goal to go to the exam, can focus on attention", "This Ying Ying Ying is everyone 's favorite, more valuable content output", "I like to do the topic while listening to songs", "Looking forward to you to share learning goods" "There are also many netizens praised Feng Ying Ying's words are correct," she really lazy voice changed a lot, the expression ability is also super strong, in fact, continue to do the chair is also very good. "」

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is considered one of Mozart's notable masterworks, offering a delightful and lucid introduction to his music.

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When the music is Mozart’s, and the conversation is sublime

Where to begin with Mozart? Why not start at the top, with the Sinfonia Concertante.

There are, to be sure, more famous or popular on-ramps. There is the “Turkish March,” responsible for many an earworm. There is “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” known from countless commercials. And there is the dazzling Queen of the Night aria, in which the human voice dances at vertigo-inducing heights.

But if your goal is to develop not a passing fancy but rather a deep and abiding love of Mozart’s music — or to feed an affection already instilled — I can think of few better places to start than the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364. This three-movement score, to be performed by Boston Baroque on March 25 and 26, is at once an insider’s masterwork and, for newcomers, a delightfully lucid point of entry into the infectious joy, the wistful beauty, and the glowing sadness of Mozart’s world.

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The work’s uniqueness begins with its instrumentation — it is essentially a double concerto with the solo violin and, crucially, the solo viola accompanied by an orchestra. Pitched one-fifth beneath the violin, and lacking its brilliant E-string, the viola would not really come into its own as a solo instrument until the 20th century — but here it is on visionary display in a score probably written in 1779.

With its midrange amber warmth and its position near the heart of any chord, the viola was Mozart’s favorite instrument to play in chamber music settings. It has also been speculated that he may have written this solo viola part with the intention of playing it himself. Whatever the case, the instrument’s mellow spirit and wise timbre permeates this score. The scholar Charles Rosen has gone as far as describing the work’s “characteristic sound” as “the sonority of the viola translated into the language of the full orchestra.”

But more than simply offering a unique sound world, the Sinfonia Concertante is an exquisite study of two instrumental voices in relationship. That’s a word you might not associate with the concerto genre, more commonly connected with virtuosic display. Indeed Mozart’s own five violin concertos (already in the rear view mirror by the time he came to write this piece) furnish soloists with plenty of material with which to amuse and impress the ear. Even other double concertos — such as, most famously, the Brahms Double, for violin and cello — do not really challenge that conception but rather, at least in the case of the Brahms, thrillingly double down on it.

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But in Mozart’s work the solo lines are constantly in conversation. The first movement is full of both thoughtful dialogue and witty banter between violin and viola, imitative lines dispatched at times with playful one-upmanship. That pervasive dialogue, however, also means that one-half of each soloist’s performance is listening. The act of hearing an “other” is written into the music itself. In fact the two soloists’ fundamental sense of common cause, their unity of purpose, is established from their very first shared entrance, a simple E-flat held in perfect octaves for a sublime eight beats.

The work’s outer movements are both high-spirited excursions, the first with a grander public bearing, the last with a lightly tripping, carefree air. But the work’s central slow movement stands as the piece’s sad and noble heart, an ineffably beautiful series of solo lines laden with an unnamed yet unmistakable grief, leavened only slightly by a sense of reluctant acceptance.

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The orchestra here accompanies the soloists with empathy and care, until one point near the end of the movement, when the ensemble recedes into silence. It’s as if the well-wishing crowd has drifted away, the community has gone home, and the two mourners, having maintained their dignified composure in public, are now left to speak only with each other. For this moment, Mozart supplies a through-written double cadenza, 18 bars of time-stopping music that must be among the most soulful, poignant passages he ever composed.

The piece has been recorded countless times. Among my personal favorites are the father-son accounts of David and Igor Oistrakh, one of which, a performance conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, can be found on YouTube. Oistrakh père was a sovereign violinist, one of the greatest of the 20th century. But here, with a touching humility, a graceful gesture of parental deferral, he steps aside, allowing his son the privilege of playing the violin part, and taking up the viola lines himself with incomparable dignity and warmth.

In their hands the piece becomes a dialogue between generations across time, or one might say, becomes such a dialogue again. Mozart’s own complex relationship with his father, a violinist and pedagogue, hovers somewhere in the background behind all of these notes. As with all great works of art, there are layers within layers here — and a reservoir of meaning deep enough to last a lifetime.

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Jeremy Eichler can be reached at jeremy.eichler@globe.com, or follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Eichler.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

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The beneficial effects of music on memory may depend on how it is listened to

The initial results of the study of the 'Mozart effect' on neurodegeneration show that listening to classical music in the background has no benefits for learning
The research has been carried out with people experiencing mild cognitive impairment, and it did find individual differences when listening to 'high-arousal' music

Listening to 'high-arousal' music could have a positive effect on memory for people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator (Image: Clem Onojeghuo, Unsplash)

Given the lack of effective treatments to counteract cognitive impairment, background music has traditionally been proposed as a possible therapeutic alternative for improving memory-related tasks. Its effect has long been the focus of debate, but this relationship has now been found to be possibly determined by new interindividual parameters, which means that it may be more complex than was previously thought. This is shown by research led by Marco Calabria, a researcher in the Cognitive Neurolab group of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), who is now considering new experiments.

The initial results of the Mozart effect and memory in patients with cognitive impairment (MEM-COG) study, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, suggest that listening to background classical music while performing memory tasks neither improves nor impairs learning levels among people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, listening to more 'high-arousal' music was found to have a possible positive effect on people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator in their everyday lives, which suggests there is potential for further hypotheses and research.

The study, which has been published as open access in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, was carried out with patients at the neuropsychology unit of Barcelona's Hospital de Sant Pau, and involved researchers at the hospital, Montreal's Concordia University and Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute.

There is no universal effect

"We found no general impact concerning the effect of music in terms of whether it had positive or negative effects on learning in cases of MCI, but we did find that it would be modulated for each individual. If people regularly use music as an emotional regulator in their daily life, such as to help them remain calm or for company, they will find it easier to obtain further benefits from music when they have to learn something new," explained Calabria, who has a PhD in Psychobiology.

The subjects of the study were people with mild amnestic cognitive impairment, i.e. they have memory problems as a result of an onset of neurodegeneration that is more specific in the parts of the brain dealing with aspects of learning and memory. The experiments consisted of observing 24 photographs of human faces. Participants were instructed to memorize them, and 10 minutes later, they were asked to look at a new series containing the previous 24 images and 24 new ones, in order to attempt to identify the ones that they had already seen.

A classical choice

The first test was performed with the subjects listening to classical music in the information consolidation phase but not in the recovery phase, while in the second exercise it was repeated with the auditory stimulus during both phases. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of results.

Classical music was used in these exercises because "it's a type of music that falls between relaxing and arousing, and has proven to be the most effective for enhancing memory". Furthermore, the fact that it is instrumental reduces the interference (that can come from lyrics) with the content that the participants have to learn in the memory task.

A ray of light

However, Calabria's team wanted to carry out a third experiment using popular music which was considered arousing rather than relaxing, and after a preliminary study, they used an instrumental version of Un rayo de sol (A ray of light), by the group Los Diablos. In that experiment, according to Calabria, the results suggested that "the use of music as a strategy for mood regulation is associated with better performance in memory tasks."

Ongoing research

This finding opens up the possibility of further research to continue exploring the role of interindividual preferences and attitudes towards music among patients with MCI. The group plans to continue the project until late 2024.

During this time, it will investigate whether background music could be more useful in other cognitive domains, such as in attention and concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease. The experiments will also involve the use of a new infrared spectroscopy device in the Neuro Lab, one of the recently opened new laboratories at the UOC, which will show the activation at the cerebral level while cognitive processes are taking place. This will help to determine whether or not there are any alterations in the brain's modulation, in which areas this takes place, and whether it depends on the type of person studied, regardless of the level of response to music.

In overall terms, this will help to find a type of marker which determines the people most likely to benefit from music in cognitive tasks. "The more we know about how background music shapes cognitive processes, the better the use we can make of music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation," concluded Calabria, an expert in the study of cognitive processes and a member of teaching staff on the UOC's Master's Degree in Neuropsychology.

This research project receives funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain, and contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3, Good health and well-being.

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Calabria, Marco et al. 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences'. 1 Jan. 2023: 815 – 829. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-221051

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Nothing feels quite like the shared experience of hearing live music in a room full of other people. But new research is demonstrating how that experience may go far beyond how we feel, by showing how physiological processes can sync up across audience members at a classical music concert.

The study, led by Wolfgang Tschacher from the University of Bern in Switzerland, analyzed 132 audience members across three concerts given by string quintets in Berlin, Germany. The repertoire was the same across all the concerts: Beethoven’s Op. 104 in C minor, a piece called Epitaphs by contemporary Australian composer Brett Dean, and Johannes Brahms’ Op. 111 in G major. Each piece represents a different musical style.

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Before and after each concert, the participants were asked to complete questionnaires about their personality traits and mood. During the performance, they wore wearable sensors to measure their heart rate, breathing, and the electrical conductivity of their skin, which is a measure of excitement.

As well as this, the researchers had cameras trained on the audience from above to monitor the participants’ movements.

The hypothesis was that all of these physiological parameters would synchronize across the participants as they experienced the music, and that there would be some association with the listeners’ personality traits. This kind of synchronization has been observed in humans during social interactions, and previous research had hinted that listening to music would have the same effect, but this was one of the first projects to study this effect specifically in concert audiences.

In their paper, the authors write that “substantial evidence of physiological and movement synchrony between audience members was found.” The greatest level of synchronization was in breathing rates, although all of the physiological parameters were affected apart from patterns of inhaling and exhaling. Body movements were also synchronized, despite the fact that the audience members were seated in dimmed lighting and distanced from each other due to COVID protocols in place at the time.

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When they looked at the personality questionnaire date, the team found that those who scored more highly for agreeableness or openness were more likely to become synchronized with their fellow audience members, while the opposite was true for those with more neurotic or extroverted traits. This makes sense when you consider that traits of agreeableness and openness are often associated with people who are sociable and trusting of others.

The authors suggested that extroverted people could be placing more emphasis on the social experience of being with people, rather than the music itself, possibly explaining why they were less likely to synchronize.

There were some limitations to the data collection because the researchers prioritized comfort over the quality of the information gathered – a fair trade-off since the participants had to sit through an entire concert wearing a selection of sensors. However, the authors do note that this compromised some of the data, particularly that of heart rate. They suggest that future research could partially correct these issues with more careful placement of the wearables.

Music has long been an essential feature of humanity. It evokes memories; it can change the physical structure of our brains; and although tales of it leading to madness are apocryphal, it can certainly transport us to another time and place. When we experience music alongside other people, its effects are magnified and shared – as this research demonstrates, at least for some of us, in a very real way.

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The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that the myth about Mozart's music alleviating epilepsy symptoms has been dispelled due to lack of reliable evidence.

The University of Bern study had 132 participants, who were analyzed across three concerts with the same repertoire.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for a total of 25 minutes, with 20 minutes of music played before and during the blood collection.

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A randomized double-blind clinical trial involving 100 infants showed that playing Mozart lullabies may help reduce pain in newborns undergoing foot and blood tests, according to a medical research paper published in the journal Pediatrics, a professional academic journal of Springer Nature.
Lead author and corresponding author Saminathan Anbalagan of the Lincoln Center for Medical Mental Health in the United States, in collaboration with colleagues, measured the pain levels of newborns who received a heel blood test in New York City between April 2019 and February 2020 as part of routine screening for conditions such as jaundice and phenylketonuria.
Babies in the study were born at an average of 2 days, 39 weeks of gestation, 53% were male and 61% Hispanic.
As part of standard care, all babies were given 0.5 ml of sugar water 2 minutes before the heel blood was taken.
A researcher wearing noise-cancelling headphones assessed the pain levels of infants before, during and after heel blood collection. The pain levels were assessed based on the infant ’ s facial expressions, crying, breathing patterns, body movements and alertness.
Fifty-four of the 100 babies listened to Mozart lullabies for 20 minutes before and during the blood collection, followed by five minutes after the blood collection, while the other babies did not listen to any music.
The authors also considered the potential effects of other sensory inputs on pain levels, so the blood was always taken in a quiet, dimly lit, and temperature-appropriate room, and no pacifiers or physical soothing was given to the baby.
In this study, the authors observed that the two groups of infants had similar pain levels before blood collection, with a median pain score of 0 (up to 7).
But during and after blood sampling, the median pain in babies who listened to Mozart lullabies was significantly lower than in babies who did not listen to music.
After listening to the lullaby, the pain score was 4 points, the pain score was 0 points after one minute of blood sampling, and the pain score was 0 points after two minutes of blood sampling, while the pain score of infants who did not listen to music was 7 points, and the pain score was 5.5 points after one minute of blood sampling, and 2 points after two minutes.
They did not observe a significant difference in pain scores between the two groups of infants three minutes after the end of the blood collection.
The authors conclude that the findings suggest that playing recorded music may be an effective way to relieve pain in newborns undergoing minor surgery.
They believe that future studies could investigate whether recordings of parents' voices can also reduce pain in newborns during minor surgery, and explore the effect of physical soothing by caregivers other than music on pain levels.
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The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded research on the Mozart effect and its impact on memory in patients with cognitive impairment.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.


"There is no recent research supporting the Mozart Effect, and a study by the University of Vienna found no evidence that Mozart's music alleviates symptoms in patients with epilepsy, suggesting the beneficial effects may be a myth."

Recent research does not support the Mozart Effect, as a study found that listening to classical music does not improve or impair learning levels in people with mild cognitive impairment.

"A recent study has found that Mozart's music does not have a positive effect on epilepsy patients, contradicting previous claims that it could alleviate symptoms."

Mozart's music has been found to reduce epileptic activity in the brain of epilepsy patients.

The Mozart Effect improves spatial reasoning tasks by stimulating the brain's nervous system with high-frequency waves, leading to increased concentration and memory.

The Mozart Effect improves spatial reasoning tasks, but recent research suggests that the benefits of listening to classical music depend on individual differences and how the music is listened to.

The Mozart Effect is believed to improve cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks, by listening to Mozart's music.

The Mozart Effect refers to the idea that listening to Mozart's music can temporarily improve cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks.

The Mozart Effect improves spatial reasoning tasks by temporarily enhancing cognitive performance, with classical music being the most effective type of music for this purpose.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is considered one of Mozart's notable masterworks, offering a delightful and lucid introduction to his music.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is one of Mozart's notable masterworks, characterized by its unique instrumentation and the importance of the viola in the score.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is a notable masterwork by Mozart, characterized as an exquisite study of two instrumental voices in relationship.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is a notable masterwork by Mozart, characterized by its musical dialogue and structure, with a mix of thoughtful and witty elements.

Mozart's music is known for its emotional and poignant qualities, as seen in one of his notable masterworks, the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in Scientific Reports, not in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found that listening to 'high-arousal' music may have a positive effect on memory for people with mild cognitive impairment who use music as an emotional regulator.

A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease investigated the effects of music on memory, using classical music as a stimulus, but found no significant differences in results.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, with the specific article titled 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences' by Calabria et al. in 2023.

The property of Mozart's music believed to stimulate the nervous system is its high-frequency waves, specifically those above 3500 Hz, which can improve physiological function and increase concentration and memory.

Mozart's music, particularly its high frequencies, is believed to stimulate the nervous system and temporarily improve cognitive performance, making it a potential tool for improving spatial reasoning tasks and aiding patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

"Recent research has found no reliable evidence to support the claim that Mozart's music, including his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, has a beneficial effect on cognitive performance or epilepsy symptoms, contradicting the idea of the Mozart Effect."

The Mozart Effect is associated with Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, but recent research suggests that the benefits of music on memory depend on how it is listened to, with 'high-arousal' music potentially having a positive effect on memory for certain individuals.

The Mozart Effect is a phenomenon where listening to Mozart's music, particularly his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, can temporarily improve cognitive performance.

The Mozart Effect refers to the temporary improvement in cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks, after listening to Mozart's music, such as his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. Research suggests that music therapy, including the Mozart Effect, may have benefits for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

The Mozart Effect is associated with Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, and research suggests that classical music can have a positive impact on cognitive function.

The tempo of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major is approximately 132 BPM, which is within the preferred range of 120-140 BPM for both humans and rats.

Mozart's music has been found to have therapeutic benefits, including reducing epileptic seizure activity, and is considered beneficial for cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks.

Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy due to its high-frequency waves, which can stimulate the brain's nervous system and improve cognitive function.

Classical music, including Mozart's, has a therapeutic effect on the body and mind, normalizing heart rate and increasing immunoglobulin levels, making it potentially beneficial for improving cognitive performance.

Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy and cognitive performance, as supported by the concept of "The Mozart Effect", which suggests that listening to his music can temporarily improve mental performance.

Music therapy, including the music of classical composers like Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, has been found to have a positive effect on cognitive performance and can be used to improve spatial reasoning tasks and aid in the treatment of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

The effects of classical music, such as Mozart's, can last for several hours or days due to its high-frequency waves that stimulate the brain's nervous system.

The effects of classical music can last several hours or days, but its impact on cognitive performance may depend on how it is listened to and individual differences in music processing.

The effects of classical music can last several hours or days, and music therapy has been found to be beneficial for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, suggesting a potential positive impact on cognitive performance.

The effects of classical music, including the Mozart Effect, can last several hours or days, and may have a positive impact on cognitive performance and memory.

The effects of classical music, including the Mozart Effect, can last several hours or days and have been shown to improve cognitive performance and slow cognitive decline.

"Classical music, such as Mozart, is suggested to have a positive effect on mental abilities and cognitive functions, as supported by a study on its pain-reducing effects in newborns."

"Classical music, particularly Mozart, may have a positive effect on mental abilities, as suggested by the Mozart Effect, which is supported by research on pain relief in newborns."

"Classical music, as suggested by the Mozart Effect, may improve mental abilities by creating a shared physiological experience among listeners, as supported by recent research on audience members at classical music concerts."

Classical music, particularly Mozart's, is suggested to improve mental abilities due to its high-frequency waves that can stimulate the brain's nervous system and improve physiological function.

Classical music, including Mozart's, is suggested to improve mental abilities due to its therapeutic effect on the body, which is supported by its coincidence with natural biorhythms and musical rhythms.

Music, including classical music like Mozart, can have a positive impact on concentration and productivity, as it can be used to create a learning atmosphere and enhance focus.

"Listening to music, such as Mozart's, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, potentially improving cognitive performance."

Listening to Mozart's music can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain's nervous system with its high-frequency waves.

"Music, such as Mozart's, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, but the relationship is complex and depends on individual parameters."

The University of Bern led a study on the effect of classical music, analyzing audience members' reactions to different musical styles.

The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that the myth about Mozart's music alleviating epilepsy symptoms has been dispelled due to lack of reliable evidence.

The research results were published in Scientific Reports.

The University of Bern study had 132 participants, who were analyzed across three concerts with the same repertoire.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for a total of 25 minutes, with 20 minutes of music played before and during the blood collection.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded research on the Mozart effect and its impact on memory in patients with cognitive impairment.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded the research on the effects of music on memory, which aims to understand how background music shapes cognitive processes and can be used as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.

The study on classical music was published in Scientific Reports.

"There is no recent research supporting the Mozart Effect, and a study by the University of Vienna found no evidence that Mozart's music alleviates symptoms in patients with epilepsy, suggesting the beneficial effects may be a myth."

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Recent research does not support the Mozart Effect, as a study found that listening to classical music does not improve or impair learning levels in people with mild cognitive impairment.

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The beneficial effects of music on memory may depend on how it is listened to

The initial results of the study of the 'Mozart effect' on neurodegeneration show that listening to classical music in the background has no benefits for learning
The research has been carried out with people experiencing mild cognitive impairment, and it did find individual differences when listening to 'high-arousal' music

Listening to 'high-arousal' music could have a positive effect on memory for people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator (Image: Clem Onojeghuo, Unsplash)

Given the lack of effective treatments to counteract cognitive impairment, background music has traditionally been proposed as a possible therapeutic alternative for improving memory-related tasks. Its effect has long been the focus of debate, but this relationship has now been found to be possibly determined by new interindividual parameters, which means that it may be more complex than was previously thought. This is shown by research led by Marco Calabria, a researcher in the Cognitive Neurolab group of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), who is now considering new experiments.

The initial results of the Mozart effect and memory in patients with cognitive impairment (MEM-COG) study, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, suggest that listening to background classical music while performing memory tasks neither improves nor impairs learning levels among people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, listening to more 'high-arousal' music was found to have a possible positive effect on people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator in their everyday lives, which suggests there is potential for further hypotheses and research.

The study, which has been published as open access in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, was carried out with patients at the neuropsychology unit of Barcelona's Hospital de Sant Pau, and involved researchers at the hospital, Montreal's Concordia University and Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute.

There is no universal effect

"We found no general impact concerning the effect of music in terms of whether it had positive or negative effects on learning in cases of MCI, but we did find that it would be modulated for each individual. If people regularly use music as an emotional regulator in their daily life, such as to help them remain calm or for company, they will find it easier to obtain further benefits from music when they have to learn something new," explained Calabria, who has a PhD in Psychobiology.

The subjects of the study were people with mild amnestic cognitive impairment, i.e. they have memory problems as a result of an onset of neurodegeneration that is more specific in the parts of the brain dealing with aspects of learning and memory. The experiments consisted of observing 24 photographs of human faces. Participants were instructed to memorize them, and 10 minutes later, they were asked to look at a new series containing the previous 24 images and 24 new ones, in order to attempt to identify the ones that they had already seen.

A classical choice

The first test was performed with the subjects listening to classical music in the information consolidation phase but not in the recovery phase, while in the second exercise it was repeated with the auditory stimulus during both phases. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of results.

Classical music was used in these exercises because "it's a type of music that falls between relaxing and arousing, and has proven to be the most effective for enhancing memory". Furthermore, the fact that it is instrumental reduces the interference (that can come from lyrics) with the content that the participants have to learn in the memory task.

A ray of light

However, Calabria's team wanted to carry out a third experiment using popular music which was considered arousing rather than relaxing, and after a preliminary study, they used an instrumental version of Un rayo de sol (A ray of light), by the group Los Diablos. In that experiment, according to Calabria, the results suggested that "the use of music as a strategy for mood regulation is associated with better performance in memory tasks."

Ongoing research

This finding opens up the possibility of further research to continue exploring the role of interindividual preferences and attitudes towards music among patients with MCI. The group plans to continue the project until late 2024.

During this time, it will investigate whether background music could be more useful in other cognitive domains, such as in attention and concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease. The experiments will also involve the use of a new infrared spectroscopy device in the Neuro Lab, one of the recently opened new laboratories at the UOC, which will show the activation at the cerebral level while cognitive processes are taking place. This will help to determine whether or not there are any alterations in the brain's modulation, in which areas this takes place, and whether it depends on the type of person studied, regardless of the level of response to music.

In overall terms, this will help to find a type of marker which determines the people most likely to benefit from music in cognitive tasks. "The more we know about how background music shapes cognitive processes, the better the use we can make of music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation," concluded Calabria, an expert in the study of cognitive processes and a member of teaching staff on the UOC's Master's Degree in Neuropsychology.

This research project receives funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain, and contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3, Good health and well-being.

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Calabria, Marco et al. 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences'. 1 Jan. 2023: 815 – 829. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-221051

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Does music help you concentrate? Since we spend a lot of time in front of computers trying to finish our work, wouldn’t it be nice to listen to some of music to help concentrate? Well, music lovers, it seems like Mozart and Beethoven could actually help you with your productivity. Beethoven once said: «Music is where the spirit lives, thinks and invents.»

This relationship between music and the brain is an area that has been intensively explored in research. Many studies point to the ability of music to help employees be more productive and help children in their learning process more effectively. University research in France found that students who listened to music for an hour while reading, scored significantly higher on a questionnaire compared to a group of students who read without music.

Your attention span is better when listening to music

It seems that music for concentration puts students in a heightened emotional state, so that they can be more receptive to information. «It is possible that music causes a change in the learning environment and influenced students’ motivation to stay focused while reading, which led to better performance on a multiple-choice questionnaire,» concluded the french research team in a recent article.

But before you start playing any type, you have to find the music that works better for the type of work you are trying to carry do. For example, the classic from the Baroque period is said to do wonders for brain activity when you are studying or writing. But not all classical music is created equal, so dramatic changes and complicated fugue changes may not be as conducive as a smooth piano piece. So if you have to choose a composer, we would say Mozart. There seems to be evidence that Mozart’s improves mental performance: it is called «The Mozart Effect”.

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If you don’t like classical, the discreet sound found in ambient music may work well for you instead. What is the purpose of this if you are not at the airport, you ask? Well, for creative purposes, it’s better than emptiness and silence. According to one of its pioneers, musician Brian Eno: “Background music must be able to accommodate many levels of attention when listening, without forcing one in particular. It must be as ignorable as it is interesting ”.

In fact, researchers have shown that a moderate level of noise, such as that found in the environment, can actually get creative juices flowing. Music with especially low-lows or especially high-highs should be avoided. Certain types of jazz instrumental melodies can also get your brain working.

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In general, if you are doing work that requires writing, you should avoid listening to music with lyrics as the words in a song are especially destructive to your concentration. Since hearing words activates the brain’s language center, attempting to perform tasks related to another language would be like trying to have a conversation while someone else is speaking to you. But, if you are a cartoonist, and you don’t deal with sentence construction, hearing letters may not have the same effect.

Finally, studies show that listening to music you’re already familiar with may be better if you really need to focus. New songs take you into the unknown and your brain will want to listen closely to see what comes next. With the music you are familiar with you know what to expect, so it doesn’t distract you from your work. And if you like the tune you’re listening to try not to whistle it while you work, as that will only distract you.

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Dementia in the elderly is an incurable disease. It is easy for patients to become isolated, because they will feel isolated and helpless about their own uselessness, and they are used to being alone in order to avoid embarrassment.
In the latter stages, they often lose the ability to communicate with people around them.
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It also increases the patient ’ s engagement with the surrounding environment and reduces many neurological symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and unexplained tantrums.
In other words, when people with dementia are unable to connect with their loved ones, that is, when they are unable to speak their language, music is the last bridge to interact with each other.
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A1: According to nearly a decade of research by the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University, it has been found that even though people with dementia lose language and other memories, memories related to music often remain in the brain.
This is because areas of the brain involved in musical memory (e.g., the cerebellum) are not affected until late in the disease process.
Familiar music can help people with dementia recover certain aspects of their memory, make them feel calm, and greatly improve their mood.
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A2: Although suffering from severe dementia, it means that a person has very little memory of their past.
Even if you can ’ t remember your son ’ s name, familiar songs that you ’ ve heard and sung will always come to mind.
Q3: In addition to music, is listening to the radio good for elderly people with dementia?
A3: In fact, the radio can not only provide good music, but also play emotional dialogue, which can truly relieve the loneliness of the dementia patient and bring comfort and peace.
Q4: How do people with dementia react to music?
A4: According to the research of clinical psychiatrists, it is found that people with dementia who are generally slow to respond to music, especially to their favorite music.
Hearing a familiar concert naturally shows a pleasant response, such as smiling or moving your body or even starting to dance.
And it seems to produce a unique and powerful stimulus response to familiar music that awakens the patient ’ s past personal and social connections.
In theory, if music can evoke memories, it may also help patients evoke other memories or related memories of that period.
In several studies, it has been consistently found that music tends to evoke more positive and positive memories from life than other clues.
Q5: Can music also prevent cognitive decline?
A5: Playing and listening to music can help slow the decline of cognitive function in older adults, according to a new study in Medical Journal Today.
Active note vibrations increase gray matter in certain areas of the brain and increase the plasticity of brain cells. Although music does not reverse or prevent brain cell shrinkage due to aging, it can slow cognitive decline.
Q6: What kind of music is most helpful?
A6: Studies have proved that classical music is the best choice.
The International Institute of Science calls this phenomenon the "Mozart effect."
It is recommended to listen to classical music such as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and other famous composers.
Classical music seems to move the brain more easily than other music, is best suited for concentration, and is more able to produce substantial effects in absorbing new information.
Q7: Do musicians suffer from dementia?
A7: According to the International Institute of Science, a study of twins reported that musicians have a 64% lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
The analysis of two other studies found that musicians had an average 59% lower risk of dementia.
Training and performance, which can be attributed to music, stimulates the brain and improves its ability to respond to the outside world.
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A8: Although most activities such as visual art, computing, and language are mainly only half of the brain.
But music is one of the few that can pass through the auditory nerve and stimulate neurons on both sides of the brain at the same time.
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A9: Music can promote the production of hormones dopamine and serotonin in the brain.
These are neurotransmitters that increase the sense of pleasure and ease.
There is also the so-called love hormone - oxytocin.
At the same time, research evidence shows that music can help reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, instantly relieving feelings of anxiety and depression.
Q10: How long does the music last?
A10: It ’ s a concern that in people with dementia, music can improve mood, behavior, and in some cases cognitive function, which, according to the Clinical Psychiatric Society, lasts for hours or even days after the music stops.
Q11: Can people without dementia benefit from music?
A11: A recent study suggests that playing an instrument and actively listening to music can help slow cognitive decline in people aged 62-78.
This study once again determined that musical activity increases the gray matter in many areas of the brain. Gray matter is an essential nerve tissue in the brain and spinal cord.
In particular, it plays an important role in psychology, memory, mood and movement. The increase in gray matter also increases the plasticity of the brain ’ s nerves – the brain ’ s ability to reconnect itself, which is important for learning cognition and memory preservation.
In addition to actively playing music, the 2023 study also showed that long-term music training, regardless of the age of the participants, can bring potential functional benefits to the brain and help keep the brain young and slow down aging.
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Where to begin with Mozart? Why not start at the top, with the Sinfonia Concertante.

There are, to be sure, more famous or popular on-ramps. There is the “Turkish March,” responsible for many an earworm. There is “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” known from countless commercials. And there is the dazzling Queen of the Night aria, in which the human voice dances at vertigo-inducing heights.

But if your goal is to develop not a passing fancy but rather a deep and abiding love of Mozart’s music — or to feed an affection already instilled — I can think of few better places to start than the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364. This three-movement score, to be performed by Boston Baroque on March 25 and 26, is at once an insider’s masterwork and, for newcomers, a delightfully lucid point of entry into the infectious joy, the wistful beauty, and the glowing sadness of Mozart’s world.

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The work’s uniqueness begins with its instrumentation — it is essentially a double concerto with the solo violin and, crucially, the solo viola accompanied by an orchestra. Pitched one-fifth beneath the violin, and lacking its brilliant E-string, the viola would not really come into its own as a solo instrument until the 20th century — but here it is on visionary display in a score probably written in 1779.

With its midrange amber warmth and its position near the heart of any chord, the viola was Mozart’s favorite instrument to play in chamber music settings. It has also been speculated that he may have written this solo viola part with the intention of playing it himself. Whatever the case, the instrument’s mellow spirit and wise timbre permeates this score. The scholar Charles Rosen has gone as far as describing the work’s “characteristic sound” as “the sonority of the viola translated into the language of the full orchestra.”

But more than simply offering a unique sound world, the Sinfonia Concertante is an exquisite study of two instrumental voices in relationship. That’s a word you might not associate with the concerto genre, more commonly connected with virtuosic display. Indeed Mozart’s own five violin concertos (already in the rear view mirror by the time he came to write this piece) furnish soloists with plenty of material with which to amuse and impress the ear. Even other double concertos — such as, most famously, the Brahms Double, for violin and cello — do not really challenge that conception but rather, at least in the case of the Brahms, thrillingly double down on it.

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But in Mozart’s work the solo lines are constantly in conversation. The first movement is full of both thoughtful dialogue and witty banter between violin and viola, imitative lines dispatched at times with playful one-upmanship. That pervasive dialogue, however, also means that one-half of each soloist’s performance is listening. The act of hearing an “other” is written into the music itself. In fact the two soloists’ fundamental sense of common cause, their unity of purpose, is established from their very first shared entrance, a simple E-flat held in perfect octaves for a sublime eight beats.

The work’s outer movements are both high-spirited excursions, the first with a grander public bearing, the last with a lightly tripping, carefree air. But the work’s central slow movement stands as the piece’s sad and noble heart, an ineffably beautiful series of solo lines laden with an unnamed yet unmistakable grief, leavened only slightly by a sense of reluctant acceptance.

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The orchestra here accompanies the soloists with empathy and care, until one point near the end of the movement, when the ensemble recedes into silence. It’s as if the well-wishing crowd has drifted away, the community has gone home, and the two mourners, having maintained their dignified composure in public, are now left to speak only with each other. For this moment, Mozart supplies a through-written double cadenza, 18 bars of time-stopping music that must be among the most soulful, poignant passages he ever composed.

The piece has been recorded countless times. Among my personal favorites are the father-son accounts of David and Igor Oistrakh, one of which, a performance conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, can be found on YouTube. Oistrakh père was a sovereign violinist, one of the greatest of the 20th century. But here, with a touching humility, a graceful gesture of parental deferral, he steps aside, allowing his son the privilege of playing the violin part, and taking up the viola lines himself with incomparable dignity and warmth.

In their hands the piece becomes a dialogue between generations across time, or one might say, becomes such a dialogue again. Mozart’s own complex relationship with his father, a violinist and pedagogue, hovers somewhere in the background behind all of these notes. As with all great works of art, there are layers within layers here — and a reservoir of meaning deep enough to last a lifetime.

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The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is one of Mozart's notable masterworks, characterized by its unique instrumentation and the importance of the viola in the score.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is a notable masterwork by Mozart, characterized as an exquisite study of two instrumental voices in relationship.

The Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat is a notable masterwork by Mozart, characterized by its musical dialogue and structure, with a mix of thoughtful and witty elements.

Mozart's music is known for its emotional and poignant qualities, as seen in one of his notable masterworks, the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in Scientific Reports, not in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

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Nothing feels quite like the shared experience of hearing live music in a room full of other people. But new research is demonstrating how that experience may go far beyond how we feel, by showing how physiological processes can sync up across audience members at a classical music concert.

The study, led by Wolfgang Tschacher from the University of Bern in Switzerland, analyzed 132 audience members across three concerts given by string quintets in Berlin, Germany. The repertoire was the same across all the concerts: Beethoven’s Op. 104 in C minor, a piece called Epitaphs by contemporary Australian composer Brett Dean, and Johannes Brahms’ Op. 111 in G major. Each piece represents a different musical style.

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Before and after each concert, the participants were asked to complete questionnaires about their personality traits and mood. During the performance, they wore wearable sensors to measure their heart rate, breathing, and the electrical conductivity of their skin, which is a measure of excitement.

As well as this, the researchers had cameras trained on the audience from above to monitor the participants’ movements.

The hypothesis was that all of these physiological parameters would synchronize across the participants as they experienced the music, and that there would be some association with the listeners’ personality traits. This kind of synchronization has been observed in humans during social interactions, and previous research had hinted that listening to music would have the same effect, but this was one of the first projects to study this effect specifically in concert audiences.

In their paper, the authors write that “substantial evidence of physiological and movement synchrony between audience members was found.” The greatest level of synchronization was in breathing rates, although all of the physiological parameters were affected apart from patterns of inhaling and exhaling. Body movements were also synchronized, despite the fact that the audience members were seated in dimmed lighting and distanced from each other due to COVID protocols in place at the time.

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When they looked at the personality questionnaire date, the team found that those who scored more highly for agreeableness or openness were more likely to become synchronized with their fellow audience members, while the opposite was true for those with more neurotic or extroverted traits. This makes sense when you consider that traits of agreeableness and openness are often associated with people who are sociable and trusting of others.

The authors suggested that extroverted people could be placing more emphasis on the social experience of being with people, rather than the music itself, possibly explaining why they were less likely to synchronize.

There were some limitations to the data collection because the researchers prioritized comfort over the quality of the information gathered – a fair trade-off since the participants had to sit through an entire concert wearing a selection of sensors. However, the authors do note that this compromised some of the data, particularly that of heart rate. They suggest that future research could partially correct these issues with more careful placement of the wearables.

Music has long been an essential feature of humanity. It evokes memories; it can change the physical structure of our brains; and although tales of it leading to madness are apocryphal, it can certainly transport us to another time and place. When we experience music alongside other people, its effects are magnified and shared – as this research demonstrates, at least for some of us, in a very real way.

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A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found that listening to 'high-arousal' music may have a positive effect on memory for people with mild cognitive impairment who use music as an emotional regulator.

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The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, with the specific article titled 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences' by Calabria et al. in 2023.

The property of Mozart's music believed to stimulate the nervous system is its high-frequency waves, specifically those above 3500 Hz, which can improve physiological function and increase concentration and memory.

Mozart's music, particularly its high frequencies, is believed to stimulate the nervous system and temporarily improve cognitive performance, making it a potential tool for improving spatial reasoning tasks and aiding patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

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The Mozart Effect is associated with Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, but recent research suggests that the benefits of music on memory depend on how it is listened to, with 'high-arousal' music potentially having a positive effect on memory for certain individuals.

The Mozart Effect is a phenomenon where listening to Mozart's music, particularly his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, can temporarily improve cognitive performance.

The Mozart Effect refers to the temporary improvement in cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks, after listening to Mozart's music, such as his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. Research suggests that music therapy, including the Mozart Effect, may have benefits for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

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Rats have more rhythm than you think

By Sheroog Kubur, November 30 2022

Musicians have long sung about the power of music — we’re either slaves to it, losing control or just can’t fight the feeling to get up and dance. Keeping rhythm has been thought to be an exclusively human trait until recently, when a study in Tokyo, Japan discovered that rats are able to keep rhythm as well.

“Rats displayed innate — that is, without any training or prior exposure to music — beat synchronization most distinctly within 120–140 BPM (beats per minute),” said University of Tokyo associate professor Hirokazu Takahashi.

Keeping rhythm is something that had long been considered only a human trait because of the complex motor functions that go into the movements. It involves the speed that the brain is able to respond to something. While there are videos of animals dancing along to songs, like popular videos of birds moving along to the rhythm, this is more likely a case of being trained to respond to the beat than having innate beat synchronization.

Beat synchronization refers to how well we are able to keep in time with a musical beat. The study was conducted at the University of Tokyo and connected 10 rats to wireless, miniature accelerometers to measure their head movements. A one-minute clip of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major was played at four different tempos, ranging from 75 per cent to 400 per cent of the original song. Twenty humans also participated in the study for comparison.

The song was played at various tempos on the assumption that, because rats already operate at a faster pace in terms of heartbeat and other body functions, they may prefer faster tempos.

However, the results of the study found that rats, much like humans, prefer a tempo of 120-140 BPM. This preference was also observed in the human participants. Mozart’s composition fell within this range at roughly 132 BPM.

“Our results suggest that the optimal tempo for beat synchronization depends on the time constant in the brain,” said Takahashi.

The study also included other pop songs like “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga and “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen. Beat synchronization in non-human mammals was previously thought to be reactive — akin to jumping to a sudden noise — instead of predictive like in humans. The study suggests that beat synchronicity in rats isn’t purely reactive because of the change in movements alongside the changes in tempos.

“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on innate beat synchronization in animals that was not achieved through training or musical exposure,” said Takahashi.

This isn’t the first time researchers have looked into the dancing capabilities of animals. Previous research into beat synchronization focused primarily on primates. In 2014, a group of researchers at the University of North Carolina found out that bonobos, a species that shares 98.7 per cent of their DNA with humans, were able to match the beat of drumming scientists with their own drumming. A 2013 study found that chimpanzees also display the ability to synchronize their movements with a beat as well. Researchers at the University of California found that the California sea lion is also able to bob its head along to a rhythm. In October of this year, a team discovered that harbour seals are also able to keep track of different rhythms.

The Tokyo research team plans on looking further into the effects of music and harmony on the human brain. Takahashi has expressed interest in music as it leads to a happier life and mechanisms that create cultural centres in the brain such as art and music.

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Mozart's music has been found to have therapeutic benefits, including reducing epileptic seizure activity, and is considered beneficial for cognitive performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks.

Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy due to its high-frequency waves, which can stimulate the brain's nervous system and improve cognitive function.

Classical music, including Mozart's, has a therapeutic effect on the body and mind, normalizing heart rate and increasing immunoglobulin levels, making it potentially beneficial for improving cognitive performance.

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Songs without words.
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Music heals.
Psychologists say that the coincidence of natural biorhythms and musical rhythms enhances the effects of sounds on the body.
The therapeutic effect of music on a person was noted in ancient times.
In the 1st century BC, a music and medical center was specially built in Parthia, which treated mental feelings and longing.
Modern Western universities train professional doctors-music therapists.
In 2003, the Russian Ministry of Health officially recognized music therapy.
The greatest therapeutic effect, according to scientists and doctors, has classical music, which normalizes the heart rate and increases the level of immunoglobulin in the blood.
This is explained by the fact that the rhythms of classical music and the rhythms of the human heart coincide (60-70 beats per minute), which explains their beneficial effect on all basic functions of the body.
Over the course of life, a person ’ s preferences change in food, drink, clothing, people, and much more.
And in music.
To the music of classical composers, thanks to all-Union radio and foreign "voices", came in a distant childhood.
At the same time, he discovered the world of "songs without words" - this is sometimes called instrumental music, which today is created by interesting, talented composers and performers.
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The melodies of this composer are often used for music therapy.
Giovanni Marradi (not to be confused with pop singer Gianni Morandi) - composer, world-famous pianist, arranger, teacher, animator, author of books and films about music was born in 1952 in Italy.
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Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy and cognitive performance, as supported by the concept of "The Mozart Effect", which suggests that listening to his music can temporarily improve mental performance.

Music therapy, including the music of classical composers like Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, has been found to have a positive effect on cognitive performance and can be used to improve spatial reasoning tasks and aid in the treatment of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

The effects of classical music, such as Mozart's, can last for several hours or days due to its high-frequency waves that stimulate the brain's nervous system.

The effects of classical music can last several hours or days, but its impact on cognitive performance may depend on how it is listened to and individual differences in music processing.

The effects of classical music can last several hours or days, and music therapy has been found to be beneficial for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, suggesting a potential positive impact on cognitive performance.

The effects of classical music, including the Mozart Effect, can last several hours or days, and may have a positive impact on cognitive performance and memory.

The effects of classical music, including the Mozart Effect, can last several hours or days and have been shown to improve cognitive performance and slow cognitive decline.

"Classical music, such as Mozart, is suggested to have a positive effect on mental abilities and cognitive functions, as supported by a study on its pain-reducing effects in newborns."

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Content: Study: Playing Mozart lullabies may ease pain in newborn blood tests
A randomized double-blind clinical trial involving 100 infants showed that playing Mozart lullabies may help reduce pain in newborns undergoing foot and blood tests, according to a medical research paper published in the journal Pediatrics, a professional academic journal of Springer Nature.
Lead author and corresponding author Saminathan Anbalagan of the Lincoln Center for Medical Mental Health in the United States, in collaboration with colleagues, measured the pain levels of newborns who received a heel blood test in New York City between April 2019 and February 2020 as part of routine screening for conditions such as jaundice and phenylketonuria.
Babies in the study were born at an average of 2 days, 39 weeks of gestation, 53% were male and 61% Hispanic.
As part of standard care, all babies were given 0.5 ml of sugar water 2 minutes before the heel blood was taken.
A researcher wearing noise-cancelling headphones assessed the pain levels of infants before, during and after heel blood collection. The pain levels were assessed based on the infant ’ s facial expressions, crying, breathing patterns, body movements and alertness.
Fifty-four of the 100 babies listened to Mozart lullabies for 20 minutes before and during the blood collection, followed by five minutes after the blood collection, while the other babies did not listen to any music.
The authors also considered the potential effects of other sensory inputs on pain levels, so the blood was always taken in a quiet, dimly lit, and temperature-appropriate room, and no pacifiers or physical soothing was given to the baby.
In this study, the authors observed that the two groups of infants had similar pain levels before blood collection, with a median pain score of 0 (up to 7).
But during and after blood sampling, the median pain in babies who listened to Mozart lullabies was significantly lower than in babies who did not listen to music.
After listening to the lullaby, the pain score was 4 points, the pain score was 0 points after one minute of blood sampling, and the pain score was 0 points after two minutes of blood sampling, while the pain score of infants who did not listen to music was 7 points, and the pain score was 5.5 points after one minute of blood sampling, and 2 points after two minutes.
They did not observe a significant difference in pain scores between the two groups of infants three minutes after the end of the blood collection.
The authors conclude that the findings suggest that playing recorded music may be an effective way to relieve pain in newborns undergoing minor surgery.
They believe that future studies could investigate whether recordings of parents' voices can also reduce pain in newborns during minor surgery, and explore the effect of physical soothing by caregivers other than music on pain levels.
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"Classical music, particularly Mozart, may have a positive effect on mental abilities, as suggested by the Mozart Effect, which is supported by research on pain relief in newborns."

"Classical music, as suggested by the Mozart Effect, may improve mental abilities by creating a shared physiological experience among listeners, as supported by recent research on audience members at classical music concerts."

Classical music, particularly Mozart's, is suggested to improve mental abilities due to its high-frequency waves that can stimulate the brain's nervous system and improve physiological function.

Classical music, including Mozart's, is suggested to improve mental abilities due to its therapeutic effect on the body, which is supported by its coincidence with natural biorhythms and musical rhythms.

Music, including classical music like Mozart, can have a positive impact on concentration and productivity, as it can be used to create a learning atmosphere and enhance focus.

"Listening to music, such as Mozart's, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, potentially improving cognitive performance."

Listening to Mozart's music can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain's nervous system with its high-frequency waves.

"Music, such as Mozart's, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, but the relationship is complex and depends on individual parameters."

The University of Bern led a study on the effect of classical music, analyzing audience members' reactions to different musical styles.

The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that the myth about Mozart's music alleviating epilepsy symptoms has been dispelled due to lack of reliable evidence.

The research results were published in Scientific Reports.

The University of Bern study had 132 participants, who were analyzed across three concerts with the same repertoire.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for a total of 25 minutes, with 20 minutes of music played before and during the blood collection.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded research on the Mozart effect and its impact on memory in patients with cognitive impairment.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded the research on the effects of music on memory, which aims to understand how background music shapes cognitive processes and can be used as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.

The study on classical music was published in Scientific Reports.