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On the charitable impact on the human consciousness of musical works of high classics have been said for a long time. However there is classical melodies that have a specific healing effect or even increase the mental abilities of a person. To such musical “drugs” include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
For example, in 1993, a cognitive development specialist, former cellist Francis Rausher and a California physicist Gordon Shaw University issued a statement that the Sonata K.448 Mozart significantly improves memory and promotes improving spatial orientation. They spent research on experimental rats, then on students, and then they came to this conclusion.
This statement by scientists was picked up by merchants who used it for promotional purposes for a more successful sale records of the great maestro. So the concept was born – the “Mozart effect.” After that, some praised and used it, while others did everything possible. tried to prove that this is nothing more than a myth.
Chinese professor Yao Dezhong with a group of collaborators (University of Chengdu) decided to put an end to this dispute, that is, check if the mozart effect really exists, or is it inventions of Rauscher and the Show for the sake of advertising.
Mozart effect confirmed
Chinese researchers go the same way as scholars of the past century, that is, conducted experiments on laboratory rats, and then – on students. Only they increased the number of subjects, somewhat complicated the experiment, and also used the most modern (much better than in the last century) equipment for receiving and analyzing data. Subjects were divided into three groups: control, then the one that was played by Mozart’s sonata K.448, and, finally the third who listened to this tune in the mirror performance, that is, from the end to the beginning. And so a few days on half an hour each time.
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This study confirmed that the “Mozart effect” exist. A group of both laboratory rats and students under the impact of the immortal work of the great maestro became more capable than the control, to perform many tasks on mental abilities and spatial orientation. But the third group, on the contrary, showed worse results than control. Hence, scientists concluded that the music of Mozart contributes to an increase in the number of neutrons in the brain, which you can’t say, if you listen to this treatment in the opposite direction.
Mozart and other classics like healers
As one of the participants in this experiment, Professor Xia Ian, it must be assumed that other classical works, moreover not only Mozart, but also, say, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and so on, have a favorable effects on the human brain. And possibly produce therapeutic effect, but similar large-scale studies so far no one did – that’s all.
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By the way, we add that the famous (and now scandalous) French actor Gerard Depardieu since childhood was a stutter. From this He allegedly got rid of a serious flaw when he wanted to become actor, one French speech therapist-defectologist who used Mozart’s music for this. It’s just not known, is it this and even so, what kind of works by the great composer used this “music healer”? With full confidence you can just to say that listening to Mozart, like other classics, is not only nice, but also useful. As for the “Mozart effect,” then the best musician M.S.Kazinik told the world about this. However, judge for yourself…
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