Listening to classical music may soothe your baby and turn her/him into a classical fan later in life, but it won’t make her smarter. Researchers at Appalachian State University believe that they’ve debunked what has been called the Mozart effect, a temporary increase in intelligence experienced after listening to a piano sonata written by the famed composer.
The Mozart effect was first reported in 1993 by scientists at the University of California at Irvine, and replicated by the same group in 1995. The study (which did not look at the effect of Mozart on babies) found that college students who listened to a Mozart sonata for a few minutes before taking a test that measured spatial relationship skills did better than students who took the test after listening to another musician or no music at all. At the bottom of this arikel I provide a link to download