Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 2002/01

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] "Kegelstatt" and the TRUTH about the "Mozart Effect"
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:28:40 -0500

A cursory search on the Internet or going to a library and using a reference
librarian to help do some research will bring a wealth of research in this
"phenomenon", both pro and con, that will allow someone to at least form an
informed opinion instead of dismissing the notion out of hand. There have
been extensive studies done.

Mark C.
PS - "The Mozart Effect" is a registered trademark. The Mozart phenomenon is
not.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred.sheim@-----.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:19 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] "Kegelstatt" and the TRUTH about the "Mozart Effect"
>
>
> Do we know this for a fact, or was it just a created personna used to sell
> a movie? Is anyone alive able to claim knowing the real Mozart to prove
> this? No.
>
> Fred
>
>
> ...
> >However there is a serious issue regarding mistaken
> >ideas about the "Mozart Effect". Some people think
> >that having your small children listen to Mozart's
> >music, will make them smart at math, science, and in
> >school in general, later in life. I think that's ridiculous!
> >Just look at the effect that Mozart's music had on
> >him! He spent much of his time, laughing like a
> >Cackling Chicken and chasing pretty girls! THAT is
> >the truth about the Mozart Effect!

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