The Mozart effect is that most of Mozart’s works are pure, fresh, bright, and have a stable rhythm, which conform to the unique physiological laws of the human body. This characteristic can stimulate positive emotions such as joy and pleasure, and these positive emotions reflect In turn, it can promote the improvement of cognitive processing level.

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 this music has the same or similar musical structure as Mozart's music.

In 1993, Roscher of Columbia University and Gordon Shaw of the University of California boldly proposed a hypothesis: there is a certain relationship between music and spatial reasoning ability. Finally, French doctor Luis Tomatis first proposed the term "Mozart Effect".

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Some researchers have questioned the "Mozart effect", believing that Mozart's music has smooth melodies and is euphoric, and can maximize people's happiness. This facilitates the solution of 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.

So the "Mozart Effect" needs to be explained from both cognitive and emotional aspects. The discussion about the "Mozart Effect" first appeared in an article published in Nature magazine in 1993, which introduced that listening to part of Mozart's Piano Sonata K.448 for ten minutes can improve people's performance in IQ tests, especially It is spatial reasoning ability.

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