An additional study by Rauscher further explored the findings of the original experiment by using preschoolers, all of normal intelligence, with no prior music or computer training.
Classical music has been advocated for use in business and daycare centers in Georgia, classical CDs were given to new mothers as they left the hospital. Interest in the phenomenon labeled "The Mozart Effect" has broadened programs in music education. Such a relationship has implications for the role of music in such traditionally nonmusical fields as mathematics, architecture, engineering, and chess, in which spatial-temporal reasoning plays a large part because it incorporates many mathematical and scientific concepts, such as proportions and geometry. Researchers propose that exposure to music and experience with music strengthens those neural connections. Spatial-temporal ability refers to recognizing the relations between objects and mentally transforming them through space and over time without a physical representation. Consequently, there has been enthusiastic interest in understanding and identifying the neural pathways that seem to control both music perception and spatial-temporal ability. Furthermore, they suggested comparing musicians to non-musicians. As modifications for further research, they suggested testing other music types, predicting that music "lacking complexity or which is repetitive may interfere with, rather than enhance, abstract reasoning" (Rauscher, 1993). Researchers cautioned that the effects, however, seemed only to last 10 to 15 minutes. After being exposed to the Mozart condition, students performed better on the spatial tests. Using the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale, the subjects were tested on spatial reasoning (and more specifically spatial-temporal reasoning in a follow-up study) (Rauscher, 1998). The original experiment was a within-subjects design in which students were exposed to three conditions: 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata, 10 minutes listening to a relaxation tape (aiming to lower blood pressure and without music) and 10 minutes of silence. Rauscher`s research has centered on what she has coined "The Mozart Effect," which suggests the power of music to enhance, at least temporarily, spatial-temporal reasoning abilities. INTRODUCTIONĞspecially with the studies conducted by Gordon Shaw and Frances Rauscher and their team at the University of California (1993), music has recently captured the interest of psychologists and researchers. However, results from this experiment indicate classical music has no effect on performance on spatial-temporal reasoning tests, and therefore, spatial-temporal ability. To test this, twelve subjects were exposed to one of three listening conditions (classical music, techno music, and silence) and then tested on spatial-temporal ability. The question lies in the ability of music exposure to specifically enhance spatial-temporal reasoning. Research has proposed that exposure to complex kinds of music triggers the same neural pathways that create spatial-temporal reasoning ability, the ability to envision and rotate images in the mind. Sponsored by: DARLENE HOWARD studies have attempted to qualify the elusive link between listening to classical music and spatial-temporal ability. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Retrieved July 14, 2023ĭoes Classical Music Really Affect Spatial-temporal Ability? National Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse, 4. Does Classical Music Really Affect Spatial-temporal Ability?.
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