Mozart's music can improve the listener's IQ, especially his "Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major", also known as K448.

In 1993, neurobiology researchers Gorson L. Shaw, Frances H. Rauscher and Katherine N. Ky from the University of California, USA published The research paper stated that people who listened to K448 music performed better on spatial reasoning and memory tasks.

A test was conducted on 36 psychology students at the University of California: After listening to K448 music for 10 minutes, the students' IQ test scores generally increased by 8 to 9 points.

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The French doctor Luis Tomatis first proposed the term "Mozart Effect". It should be noted that the music of the "Mozart Effect" does not refer solely to Mozart's own music, but to music in general. Most of these music have the same or similar musical structure as Mozart's music.

The findings of Roscher and Shaw attracted great attention from researchers and soon became a hot issue in music psychology. Some researchers have questioned the "Mozart effect" and believe that Mozart's music has smooth melodies and is euphoric, which can maximize people's happiness and help solve complex problems.

In fact, cognition determines emotion, and emotion also affects cognition. To a certain extent, the two also have the same physiological processing basis. Therefore, the "Mozart Effect" needs to be explained from two aspects: cognitive and emotional.