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"Mozart Effect" Debunked?
Whenever I talk about music's effect on the brain, people inevitably bring up the so-called "Mozart Effect." Can you enlighten us about what researchers discovered after the initial reports that the idea that children (and adults) can learn more quickly if they listen to Mozart? I recall hearing that it had been thoroughly debunked.