Listening to Mozart enhances spatial-temporal reasoning: towards a neurophysiological basis

@article{Rauscher1995ListeningTM,
  title={Listening to Mozart enhances spatial-temporal reasoning: towards a neurophysiological basis},
  author={Frances H. Rauscher and Gordon L. Shaw and Katherine N. Ky},
  journal={Neuroscience Letters},
  year={1995},
  volume={185},
  pages={44-47}
}
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