A couple of weeks ago our colleague Eva gave us an excellent summary of everything that was known, so far, about the acquaintance Mozart effect.
There are several studies in this regard and some seem to show that Mozart's music has certain benefits in the people who listen to it. As in many other issues, it is likely that we should be ourselves, each one, who decides to what extent it is true, since now the results of a new study that concludes that the Mozart effect does not exist.
This study has been carried out by psychologists from the University of Vienna and its authors explain that, to date, it is the most extensive study conducted on this subject.
Experiments have been carried out with about 3,000 subjects to whom they have exposed, selectively, the piece that in theory produces the mentoring Mozart effect in children under three years of age, the Sonata for two pianos in D major, K. 448.
The results of the study have been published in the journal Intelligence and come to show that listening to Mozart does not produce improvements in the faculties of people.
I've heard the piece and, really, I've noticed a "I don't know what I know" ... (just kidding). Now seriously, as I say, this is one more case in which one study contradicts another and so the staff ends up not clearing up and not knowing which of the studies is right.
“I recommend everyone to listen to Mozart music; but the expectation that this will improve their cognitive abilities will not be fulfilled“says Jakob Pietsching, one of the researchers.
It is curious to note that this study is conducted in Vienna (Austria), since Mozart was Austrian as well. Perhaps the interest is to protect the composer's work and prevent his music from becoming a mere commercial object used as a means to make babies more intelligent people, especially if it is not really true.
By the way, if you want to hear the piece, here I leave it, it's fabulous.
