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Listening to classical
music makes you smarter
MRI scans of musicians who began playing at a young age show a larger nerve-fiber tract between the hemispheres of the brain. Learning music may increase the connections inside the brain.
Music to the ears of parents everywhere,
a study in 1993 claimed that teenagers
performed better on tests.
who listened to Mozart
played to children in The composer’s work was the hope of producing brainiacs, but later reports found the brain boost was only a temporary one. Revelations about the positive effects of Mozart struck a chord in the 1990s, when hundreds of “Mozart Effect” baby products
TRUE or FALSE?
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