Effects of Classical Music

For five years, throughout middle and high school, Jennifer Seavey has persuaded her class to listen to Mozart or Beethoven while taking their vocabulary quizzes. One month after, her peers were reminding her to put on the classical music. They believed that listening to Mozart would give them a slight but critical boost to their quiz scores (“Mozart’s Magic” 1). Turns out, there are academic studies supporting that classical music improves intelligence temporarily. This phenomenon was coined as the ‘Mozart Effect’. The minority of the population that prefers music while studying listens to classical music while the majority prefers to listen to more contemporary music with strong beats and vocal performances; however, classical music is the most statistically beneficial. Students should find classical music a necessary aid for studying for the reason that classical music enhances learning and wellbeing due to its potential for triggering critical thinking prowess, brain plasticity, and soothing effects.

Both blind and double-blind researches have been conducted to prove classical music advantageous. There is a prominent, distinguished observation, in which one’s IQ optimizes as high as to nine points while listening to classical music (Hammond 1). In an experiment, Judy M. Taylor tested students on trigonometry with and without classical music (1). Conclusively, the students did better with classical music. These results validated the Mozart Effect. Other benefits of classical music than IQ increase are reduction in stress, improvement in mathematics as well as spatial-task performances. Furthermore, these effects dissipate within a few hours after listening to classical music; however, the progress or growth in learnin...

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