Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 14:42
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists and musicians have learned that looking at the brain on music can yield valuable insights into how the mind works. Yet, University of Arkansas music theorist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis cautions that such research has produced some unintended consequences, such as the mistaken notion that listening to Mozart in particular boosts brainpower.