Quotes & Sayings About The Mozart Effect

The modified Mozart used by Tomatis, Paul, iLs, and others over time in an individualized therapy must be distinguished from claims made in the media in the 1990s that mothers could raise the IQ of their children by having them briefly listen to unfiltered Mozart. This claim was based on a study not of mothers and babies but of college students who listened to Mozart ten minutes a day and improved IQ scores on spatial reasoning tests - an effect that lasted only ten to fifteen minutes! Hype aside, different studies by Gottfried Schlaug, Christo Pantev, Laurel Trainor, Sylvain Moreno, and Glenn Schellenberg have shown that sustained music training, such as learning to play an instrument, can lead to brain change, enhance verbal and math skills, and even modestly increase IQ.] — Norman Doidge

Handel understands effect better than any of us
when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Mozart Effect comes to mind: the popular idea that listening to classical music makes students better at math. — John Medina

Music is painted upon a canvas of silence. Mozart used to say, "Silence is the greatest effect in music. — Josef Lhevinne