Mozart's music
Mozart's music has been studied in 1 paper since 2024: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, May 23, 2024: “Can Brief Listening to Mozart's Music Improve Visual Working Memory? An Update on the Role of Cognitive and Emotional Factors”.
1 paper studies it3 findingsUpdated
“only Mozart's music had a significant positive impact on visuospatial WM in the two age groups, regardless of preferences, and on overall age-related WM decline in older adults.”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg and 1 more
- Human trial1
Studies in people
1 study gave mozart's music to people and measured what changed.
up: Improves visuospatial working memory
up: Improves cognitive functionF(3, 906) = 18.2, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.088
Trial311 people90 women and 69 men among young adults, 93 women and 59 men among older adultsyoung and older adultsone session for a total of two hours
Young and older adults without cognitive deficits or psychiatric diagnoses
Journal of Intelligence, May 23, 2024
What did studies of Mozart's music find?
2Studies of Mozart's music measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are cognitive function (1 study) and visuospatial working memory (1).
Cognitive function
upin humans1
1 study
Cognitive function
upin humans1
Mozart's music improves cognitive function in humans (F(3, 906) = 18.2, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.088).
“A statistically significant main effect of MC was found (F(3, 906) = 18.2, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.088), again due to a prominent ‘Mozart effect’ in the two age groups (Age × Musical Condition, F(3, 302) = 0.5, p > 0.6).”
Human trialone session for a total of two hoursn = 311
Journal of Intelligence
Mozart's music improves cognitive function in humans.
“only Mozart's music had a significant positive impact on visuospatial WM in the two age groups, regardless of preferences, and on overall age-related WM decline in older adults.”
Human trial
Journal of Intelligence
Visuospatial working memory
upin humans1
1 study
Visuospatial working memory
upin humans1
Mozart's music improves visuospatial working memory in humans.
“A significant main influence was found for Musical Condition (F(3, 301) = 17.2, p < 0.001, ηp2= 0.054), with all participants performing better after Mozart than after other excerpts.”
Human trialone session for a total of two hoursn = 311
Journal of Intelligence