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No... it doesn't. You are as smart as you'll ever be. The so-called "Mozart Effect" is nonsense. The Classical period actually only lasted about 70 years.

On the plus side... good for you. Classical music enriches the lives of all those open minded and empathetic enough to give it a chance... which means it is likely to always be a minority interest. There is so much out there to listen to and such variety... start with the most well known and popular works and take occasional forays into the fringe areas where there is always something to surprise and challenge you...

Enjoy!

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Does classical music make you smarter?

I've heard a lot of people say that Beethoven makes you smarter, what about all the other composers? I think the classical era lasted for about 400 years or so, Beethoven can't be the only one to stimulate the brain. I'm sort of new to this, I'm only 17 and I normally like punk rock...

I'm sure it does. It's impossible that stupid and basic rhythm and sounds loops in actual 'muzak' can make your neurons work the best they can... (I bet they don't work at all :D ), but alienate your mental functions.

Classical music will not make you smarter but a more sensible person, with different capabilities because your brain and your neuronal system will be conditioned to another kind of work, more analytic and complex.

Try the 'Mozart Effect' in yourself listening classical for one week and then one week without and get your own opinion about it with your own scores. You can make it many times as you want. Don't let my opinion or others give you a definitely answer. Try by your own!

The "Mozart Effect" is bogus - listening to classical music has only a temporary effect on mood. However, long-term and intense study of classical literature on an instrument DOES favorably affect intelligence. To oversimplify - the two halves of the brain must communicate faster and more often when playing classical music - and since this makes the synthesis or new information faster, easier, and more vivid, then this is by definition an increase in intelligence and problem-solving.

This is widely accepted by many groups of people. who stress intense and early music study for their children, as a pathway to more intense academic pursuits, beyond the intrinsic value of the music instruction itself. The AMA, in a famous study, also found that the highest correlated guarantor of medical school completion was the student's long and intense study of music.

I never gave much credence to the whole "Mozart Effect" hypothesis.

I don't think people become intelligent because they listen to classical music. Rather, the cause and effect are the other way around: People listen to classical music because they are intelligent.

Totally.And it's cool because of one reason: Wagner.