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The Mozart Effect
What is the Mozart Effect? Note: I do not recommend the Tomatis method for left-handed people. For more information please see the section The Tomatis Method on the Cross Dominance page. "Research with Mozart's music began in France in the late 1950s when Dr. Alfred Tomatis began his experiments in auditory stimulation for children with speech and communication disorders. By 1990, there were hundreds of centers throughout the world using Mozart's music containing high frequencies, especially the violin concertos and symphonies, to help children with dyslexia, speech disorders, and autism. In the 1990's experiments were begun at the University of California in Irvine with Mozart's music and spatial intelligence assessments. As recently as 2001, new studies in England use Mozart's music to study its effect on epilepsy."
Warning: People with Hyperacusis "People with hyperacusis have such a severe collapsed tolerance to sound, that it may be difficult and sometimes impossible for them to remain in the mainstream of life enduring all the environmental noise which comes with living in our world today. All sounds may be perceived as too loud, although the high frequencies are particularly troublesome."
For more information about hyperacusis please visit the Sound Sensitivity page.
There are musical compilations for sale which claim that they boost your brain power or that they help to achieve the Mozart effect. However, some of them contain selections which tend to increase anxiety, such as some of Mozart's piano concertos. "Some people are hyper-responsive to sound, and music can distract them during study. Others learn how to select music for their different moods and projects. Generally, the challenge to study comes when we are overstimulated and cannot settle down to focus or we are dull, tired, or bored and cannot get the energy to begin a task."
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