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}
}
Motivated by predictions of a structured neuronal model of the cortex, we performed a behavioral experiment which showed that listening to a Mozart piano sonata produced significant short-term enhancement of spatial-temporal reasoning in college students. Here we present results from an experiment which replicates these findings, and shows that (i) 'repetitive' music does not enhance reasoning; (ii) a taped short story does not enhance reasoning; and (iii) short-term memory is not enhanced. We… Expand
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