Imagine a completely, it would seem, unbelievable situation for Russia. You came to an appointment with a therapist about, say, vegetative-vascular dystonia. After completing all the necessary examinations, the doctor hands you a prescription. Looking...

Imagine a completely, it would seem, unbelievable situation for Russia. You came to an appointment with a therapist about, say, vegetative-vascular dystonia. After completing all the necessary examinations, the doctor hands you a prescription. Glancing at him, you look dumbfounded at the doctor. Mozart, you mutter. "Mozart" - confirms the doctor. Actually, the recipe says so: “Mozart. 2 times a day for 1 hour "...

Some kind of nonsense,” you say. Nothing like this. From time immemorial, music has been valued by wise doctors as a healing tool. In China, for example, can be found in pharmacies music albums- records or cassettes - with the names "Digestion", "Insomnia", "Liver", "Kidneys" ... Approximately the same thing exists in Japan, in India. However, the amazing healing effect of Mozart's music was recently discovered and has not yet been fully explained.

So far, one thing is clear: the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its healing power far exceeds all other musical works. Listen to one of amazing stories from the life of the famous French actor Gerard Depardieu, which at one time went around many Western publications.

Zaika Depardieu

Fans of the great French actor, of course, noticed the amazing vibrations of his voice. However, it is known that in the mid-60s, Gerard was an absolutely tongue-tied young man who, due to his stuttering, was also unable to complete a single sentence.

Those studying the work of the actor explain the situation with family troubles, personal failures, low self-esteem and problems with education. The only thing that undoubtedly distinguished Depardieu at that time was a passionate desire to become an actor.

Depardieu's mentor acting skills sent Gerard to Paris to the very famous doctor Alfred Tomatis, MD, who devoted many years to studying healing effect music and especially the works of Mozart.
Tomatis determined that the cause of Depardieu's vocal breakdowns and memory problems lay deeper than his purely physiological difficulties - in the emotional sphere, and promised to help him.

Depardieu asked what would be included in the course of treatment: surgery, drugs or psychotherapy. Tomatis replied: "I want you to come to my hospital every day for two hours for several weeks and listen to Mozart."
"Mozart" - asked the puzzled Depardieu. Mozart, Tomatis confirmed.

The very next day, Depardieu came to the Tomatis Center to put on headphones and listen to the music of the great composer. After several "musical procedures" he felt a significant improvement in his condition. He improved his appetite and sleep, he felt a surge of energy.

Soon his speech became more distinct. A few months later, Depardieu returned to acting school with a new confidence in himself and, having graduated from it, became one of the actors who expressed his generation.

“Before Tomatis,” recalls Depardieu, “I could not complete a single sentence. He helped complete my thoughts, taught me the synthesis and understanding of the very process of thinking.

Practice again and again convinced Tomatis that, whatever the personal tastes and attitude towards the composer of each particular listener, Mozart's music invariably calmed the patient, improved his spatial representation and allowed him to express himself more clearly.

Why is music healing?

First, let's answer the question: what is sound? Of course, vibration. Mitio and Aveline Koussi spoke about the importance of vibrations at their famous lectures on macrobiotics given in Paris in 1978. In particular, the spouses pointed to the cleansing abilities of the vibrations that arise when singing the combination "AU-M".

“Sing this 5, 6, 7 times in a row on a long exhalation several times a day. This vibration not only cleanses, but also establishes harmony between all your internal organs. Then, in the same way, sing the syllable "La ..." He establishes harmony between you and the world around ...".

In the 78th, such statements of the spouses seemed to the majority of bullshit. Today, however, attitudes have changed dramatically. Much of the credit here belongs to the Swiss physician and engineer Hans Jenny, who explained and showed how sounds can affect objects.

He conducted experiments with crystals, liquid gases with the participation of electrical impulses and vibrations and found that it was sound vibrations that created incomplete, constantly changing geometric shapes.

It is not difficult to imagine how noticeable the effect of sound on the cells, organs and tissues of a living organism. The vibration of sounds creates energy fields that produce resonance and movement in the surrounding space. We absorb energy and it changes the rhythm of our breathing, pulse, blood pressure, muscle tension, skin temperature, and so on.

Jenny's discoveries help to understand how music changes our mood, condition and even the shape of organs. The work of Lindy Rogers, a New York-based musician and sociologist, has shown that the vibration that music gives rise to can have both a beneficial effect on a patient and a negative one if not properly selected.
Having studied, for example, the ability to perceive music of patients under anesthesia during surgery, she concluded: "We never stop hearing."

Why Mozart?

But why Mozart? Why not Bach, not Beethoven, not the Beatles? Mozart did not create the stunning effects that Bach's mathematical genius was capable of. His music does not stir up waves of emotion like the works of Beethoven.
It does not relax the body like folk melodies and does not set it in motion under the influence of the music of the "stars" of rock. So what's the point then? Probably because Mozart remains both mysterious and accessible. His mind, charm and simplicity make us wiser.

For many, Mozart's music helps to find peace of mind. If it restores the energy balance and harmony in the body, then it performs the function that all medical systems aspire to.

Acupuncture, herbal medicine, dietology and other methods are aimed precisely at restoring the energy balance, which we call health.
Mozart's music, not too smooth, not too fast, not too quiet, not too loud - for some reason "just right".

Musical rhythms are known to influence the rhythms of the nervous system, which regulate the vast biological landscape within our body. It is easy to understand, therefore, how important the simplicity and clarity of Mozart's music is for our emotions and for the whole organism as a whole. You can liken the effect of the music of various composers to the effect of various dishes, which also affect our energy and physiology and can be both beneficial and harmful.

By the way, we note that delicacies are not always the most healthy meals. Sometimes simpler food suits us much more as a daily food. The same is true with music. Its diversity gives us a wealth of sensations, but only certain forms streamline and stabilize our feelings.

Tomatis is convinced that Mozart's music is unparalleled in its ability to bring harmony to human soul. He uses Mozart as his pieces clean up better than any other music. In the case of Depardieu, exactly the set of vibrations that his body needed most of all was chosen.

According to Tomatis, Mozart's works are a perfectly balanced musical "dish" containing all the necessary components.

Curious facts

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a child with a prophetic gift who wrote operas, symphonies, concertos and sonatas for piano, music for organ, clarinet and other instruments before he was twelve years old, and who seemed to know that he was destined to die young, left world the most amazing and harmonious musical vibrations, whose healing power has yet to be appreciated by us and our descendants.

Curious facts

... The monks from the Brittany Monastery discovered that cows, receiving Mozart's music along with feed, give more milk.

…In Canada string quartets Mozart are performed right on city venues to streamline traffic. A “side effect” was also found: as a result, drug consumption decreased.

... A curious detail was noticed by the Japanese: when Mozart's works are heard near yeast, then with their presence the best sake vodka is obtained. The productivity of the yeast used to make traditional rice vodka increased 10 times if the yeast "listened" to Mozart.

The power of Mozart's music came to the fore primarily as a result of pioneering research by the University of California in the mid-1990s. Then a number of scientists studied the influence of Mozart's works on the mental potential of students and increasing their ability to assimilate program material.

“Mozart’s music can “warm up” the brain,” says one of the researchers. He believes that Mozart's music has undoubtedly positive influence on the processes of higher brain activity required for mathematics and chess.

Romantic music

Emphasizes expression and feeling, often includes themes of individualism and mysticism, helps to evoke sympathy, sympathy, love. Examples of romantic composers are Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt.

Jazz, blues, dixieland, reggae

These forms of music and dance can be uplifting and inspiring, helping to defuse too deep feelings. They bring wit and irony with them and help to strengthen the sense of human unity.

Rock music

Artists like Elvis Presley Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, can arouse passion, stimulate active movement, reduce tension, mask pain. However, if a person is not in the mood to listen to such sounds, then tension, dissonance, stress, and even pain can occur.

Religious and sacred music

It gives us a sense of peace and spiritual enlightenment. It also helps to overcome and relieve pain.

Music not only brings us joy, but also helps us become smarter. Many of us are ready to agree with this idea, however, few understand exactly how. According to research data, scientists still do not have a clear answer. But there is an answer to the question why so far not a single composer has come up with an “ideal melody for smart people”.

Classics for the brain

The effect of music on the brain has fascinated scientists for centuries. This question became more relevant when the players vinyl records and cassette players brought music to every home and then to every pocket. Not to mention the present, when an unlimited stream of music for every taste is available wherever there is an Internet.

In 1991, French otolaryngologist Alfred Tomatis published Why Mozart? . The author argued that it is listening to the classical music of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that allows the brain to concentrate. The fact is, Tomatis argued, that he wrote his works at a certain tonal height, which harmonizes brain waves.

In 1993, California scientists Frances Rauscher, Catherine Ky, and Gordon Shaw set up an experiment to empirically test how Mozart's music affects intelligence.

The experiment involved 36 students divided into three groups. The first group listened to the Sonata for two pianos in D major, K 448 for several minutes. The second group was given an audio instruction on relaxation. Participants of the third spent time in silence. After that, all subjects took an IQ test.

It turned out that the group that listened to Mozart improved their spatial thinking scores by an average of 8-9 points. True, the effect did not last long: after 10-15 minutes, IQ returned to its previous level.

A report on the results of the study was published in scientific journal Nature and aroused interest not only among specialists, but also in society as a whole. Although the authors of the report emphasized that the effect of "improving intelligence" was brief and affected only one of the areas - spatial abstraction, the public was inspired by the idea to become smarter with the help of music. As a result, the demand for Mozart in the United States skyrocketed.

From this developed the idea - not based at all on anything but hearsay - that listening to Mozart's music from the first months of life affects the formation of intelligence. In 1998, the governor of Georgia even ordered that all parents of newborns receive CDs with the composer's works. Future American mothers went to bed under the symphonies and sonatas, moving the speakers closer to the stomach.

Mozart is not important

But in 1999 everything changed. Harvard psychologist Christopher Chabris published "Prelude or Requiem for the 'Mozart Effect?'" in Nature.

Parents who put Mozart to their children, the author told a disappointing fact: there is no scientific evidence at all about the benefits of classical melodies for early development.

Chabris spoke about the results of new experiments with music. If someone in the group of subjects preferred, say, Franz Liszt to Mozart, then it was from listening to the music of their favorite composer that the listener had the effect of a short-term improvement in brain activity.

This allowed scientists to suggest that it was not the classics at all, but the pleasure that the participants in the experiment experienced when listening to their favorite music. This is what makes our brain work better.

And yet the question remains: why does one piece of music evoke the "Mozart effect" while another does not? In search of an answer, scientists expanded the field of experiments. They sought to describe the influence of different genres of music on the brain, as well as to specify the emotional effect of listening to music.

Neuroscientist and psychologist Daniel Levitin, professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal (Canada), has succeeded in this direction. Levitin is a passionate music lover, musician and music producer. Most devoted his work to the study of the cognitive and emotional effects that music causes. In 2007, his book It's Your Music-Crazed Brain was published, based on experiments that the author set up in the laboratory of McGill University. In the same year, the work of the British neurologist and neuropsychologist Oliver Sacks "Musicophilia" was published.

Music is us

Both books were on The New York Times bestseller list. Their main idea was that the perception of music is not a "side" and, in general, a useless process for evolution.

On the contrary, the ability to perceive melodies and jointly enjoy them is the most important mechanism for the socialization of ancient people, the authors argued. In their opinion, the ability to enjoy music made people smarter and more united.

The works of Levitin and Sachs were criticized by many for being too “poppy” presentation scientific facts which inevitably suffer if explained in simple words. Nevertheless, the authors managed to convey one important idea to many people: music is not a mysterious “pill” that can turn all of us into geniuses.

Each brain responds to melodies differently, so there is no such thing as a perfect “mind composer”, fortunately for all of us.

Before a race, many professional runners listen to rhythmic music to help them focus and tone their bodies before the race even starts. This is a proven effect, says Levitin in one of his lectures. But no athlete will win without regular training.

So if you want music to help your brain, diversify your musical and intellectual life. And also learn to understand music: pay attention to the harmony of sounds, and perhaps they will reveal to you much more than just a verse and chorus.

Studies show that Mozart's music enhances brain activity. After listening to the works of the great composer, people who answer the IQ test show a noticeable increase in intelligence.

The special properties of Mozart's music first came to public attention through pioneering research at the University of California in the early 1990s. At the Irvine Center for Neuroscience, which studies the processes of pedagogy and memory, a group of researchers began to study the impact of Mozart's music on students and adolescents. Frances X. Rauscher, Ph.D., and her colleagues conducted a study that tested university psychology graduates on the Spatial Intelligence Index (on the standard Stanford-da-Binet intelligence scale). The result was 8-9 points higher for the subjects who listened to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major for ten minutes. Although the effect of listening to music lasted only ten to fifteen minutes, Dr. Rauscher's group concluded that the relationship between music and spatial thinking is so strong that just listening to music can have a significant effect.

The power of Mozart's music

"Mozart's music can 'warm up the brain,'" suggested Gordon Shaw, a theoretical physicist and one of the researchers, after the results were announced. - We assume that complex music excites equally complex neural patterns that are associated with higher forms mental activity such as math and chess. Conversely, simple and monotonous intrusive music can have the opposite effect.”

Mozart's music is extraordinary - neither fast nor slow, flowing but not boring, and charming in its simplicity. This musical phenomenon, not yet fully explained, they called it - "The Mozart Effect".

Popular French actor Gerard Depardieu experienced it to the fullest. The fact is that young Zhezhe, who came to conquer Paris, did not speak French well and also stuttered. famous doctor Alfred Tomatis advised Gerard every day for at least two hours... to listen to Mozart! "Magic Flute" can really work wonders - a few months later Depardieu spoke as he sang.

The uniqueness and extraordinary power of Mozart's music is most likely due to his life, especially the circumstances that accompanied his birth. Mozart was conceived in a rare environment. His prenatal existence was a daily immersion in the world of music. The violin of the father sounded in the house, which, of course, had a tremendous impact on the development of the nervous system and the awakening of cosmic rhythms even in the womb. His father was a bandmaster, conductor of choirs and musical chapels in Salzburg, and his mother, the daughter of a musician, played a colossal role in his musical development. She sang songs and serenades even at the stage of pregnancy. Mozart was born literally molded from music.

Experiments to study the phenomenon are based on the assumption that music affects the brain at the anatomical level, making it more mobile. For children, it can have the strongest influence on the formation neural networks and mental development of the child.

Far-reaching conclusions have been drawn from the results of research, especially in relation to the upbringing of children, whose first three years of life are considered decisive for their future intelligence.

Numerous opponents, trying to prove experimentally that no "Mozart effect" exists, regularly come to the conclusion that their judgments are wrong.

Recently, another skeptic has changed his mind about Mozart's music. Eric Seigel of Elmhurst College in Illinois used a spatial reasoning test to do this. The subjects had to look at two letters E, one of which rotated at an angle with respect to the other. And the larger the angle, the more difficult it was to determine whether the letters were the same or different. The milliseconds spent by the subject comparing letters were the measure that determined the level of the subject's spatial thinking. To Seigel's surprise, those subjects who listened to Mozart before the test identified the letters much more accurately.

The researchers concluded that regardless of the tastes or previous experience of the listeners, Mozart's music invariably produced a calming effect on them, improved spatial perception and the ability to more clearly and clearly express themselves in the process of communication. The rhythms, melodies and high frequencies of Mozart's music have been proven to stimulate and load the creative and motivational areas of the brain.

Mozart's genius

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg. The musical genius of Mozart manifested itself already in early childhood He wrote his first symphony when he was not yet 10 years old, and his first successful opera by the age of 12. Behind short life(Mozart died at the age of 35) the composer created 40 symphonies, 22 operas and more than five hundred works in other genres. He spent 10 of the 35 years of his life traveling to more than 200 cities in Europe.

During his short life, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created hundreds of solo and orchestral musical works that inspired Beethoven, Wagner and other composers.

“Mozart is something incomprehensible in music,” Goethe told his friend Johann-Peter Eckermann, “it is an image that embodies a demon: so alluring that everyone aspires to him, and so great that no one can reach him” .

We went to a neurologist ... We were diagnosed with a developmental delay, tk. the daughter does not sit down by herself, does not get up by herself, does not crawl and does not say syllables like “ma”, “ba”, etc. (she only says something in “her own” language: “abu”, “da”, “gai”, “bua”, etc.). In general, we were prescribed Pantogam, physiotherapy (PCT) and listen like background mozart, especially the symphony, and even better the 6th symphony (only the last Requiem is on stage - although Beautiful music, but is bad). I was interested: how Mozart's music works on child development and children's brains...
I’ll say right away: usually after an afternoon snack, my daughter doesn’t sleep (I don’t give it, because then you won’t put it down at night - the total period of wakefulness before a night’s sleep is about 4-5 hours), starts to whine, because. tends to sleep, we, of course, try our best to entertain and distract her. Today, at this time, I put Mozart on and was pleasantly surprised - after an afternoon snack from 18.00 to 20.30 (then we swim), my daughter never whined, but, listening to music as a background, calmly played with toys, tumbled (quite actively) and did not ask on the handles.
Here's what I found on the subject:
Mozart is the "most suitable" composer for kids. Great amount scientific research which were held in different countries world, they say that the exquisitely simple, bright, harmonious music of Mozart has a positive effect on the development of the child's psyche, creativity and intellect. Musical Genius from Nature, as many call Mozart, he became a composer already at the age of 4, maybe this brought into his music a pure childish perception, which all “admirers” of his work subconsciously feel, even the smallest listeners.

Mozart's music has a universal positive impact. It surprisingly accurately finds various “pain” points and organically integrates into the most invisible corners of the soul and body of every person. This phenomenon allows us to speak of the so-called Mozart effect. The impact of music on the human body has not yet been practically studied. But some things are already known. At least what all systems of the human body work in a certain rhythm.

American scientists conducted the following experiment: they tested a group of volunteers on "IQ"; then for 10 minutes the group listened to piano music Mozart; then testing again. Result: the second test for "IQ" showed increase in intelligence by an average of 9 units. Scientists of our continent have proved that listening to Mozart's works increases the intellectual abilities of almost all people, regardless of gender and age. The most interesting thing is that mental capacity rise even among those who do not like Mozart. In addition, people's concentration of attention increases from this music.

As a result of many years of observation, doctors came to the conclusion that Mozart's sonata for two pianos in C major helps those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Mozart's sonatas reduce the number of epileptic seizures. In Sweden, women in labor listen to Mozart's music before giving birth, which, according to scientists, reduces infant mortality. In the United States, Mozart's music is used in the treatment of neurological diseases. This therapy improves fine motor skills hands How do you like this information? Impressive?

Many scientists of the world agree that Mozart's music has a miraculous healing power. It improves hearing, memory and ... speech. How?
According to one version, Mozart's music has a large number of high frequency sounds. It is these frequencies that carry the healing load. These sounds, which vibrate at a frequency of 3000 to 8000 Hz, resonate with the cerebral cortex and improve memory and thinking. These same sounds strengthen the microscopic muscles of the ear.

"Mozart's music can 'warm up the brain,'" Gordon Shaw, a theoretical physicist and one of the researchers, suggested after the results were announced. - We hypothesize that complex music excites equally complex neural patterns that are associated with higher forms of mental activity such as mathematics and chess. Conversely, simple and monotonous intrusive music can have the opposite effect.”

Mozart's music is extraordinary - neither fast nor slow, flowing but not boring, and charming in its simplicity.

Experiments to study the phenomenon are based on the assumption that music affects the brain at the anatomical level, making it more mobile. For children, it can have a profound effect on the formation of neural networks and the mental development of the child.

Far-reaching conclusions have been drawn from the results of research, especially in relation to the upbringing of children, whose first three years of life are considered decisive for their future intelligence.

Numerous opponents, trying to experimentally prove that no "Mozart effect" exists, regularly come to the conclusion that their judgments are fallacious.

Recently, another skeptic has changed his mind about Mozart's music. Eric Seigel of Elmhurst College in Illinois used a spatial reasoning test to do this. The subjects had to look at two letters E, one of which rotated at an angle with respect to the other. And the larger the angle, the more difficult it was to determine whether the letters were the same or different. The milliseconds spent by the subject comparing letters were the measure that determined the level of the subject's spatial thinking. To Seigel's surprise, those subjects who listened to Mozart before the test identified the letters much more accurately.

The researchers concluded that regardless of the tastes or previous experience of the listeners, Mozart's music invariably produced a calming effect on them, improved spatial perception and the ability to more clearly and clearly express themselves in the process of communication. The rhythms, melodies and high frequencies of Mozart's music have been proven to stimulate and load the creative and motivational areas of the brain.

It was Mozart's music that helped the French otolaryngologist Alfred Tomatis overcome Gerard Depardieu's stuttering. Two hours of daily listening to Mozart's music drove stuttering out of my mouth in two months famous actor . Before that, he could not finish a single sentence. After this therapy, he not only cured his stuttering and got rid of problems with his right ear, but also learned the process of thinking.

And here's another, almost fairy tale. Once upon a time there was an old sick marshal. His name was Richelieu Louis Francois de Vinro. Old age and illness are always around. And the marshal was already 78 years old, a considerable age for any person. His illnesses completely crippled him. And now he lies on his deathbed, his eyes are closed, only his lips move slightly. When they listened to the fading whisper of the old man, they heard last request dying. And he asked for little: that in his last minutes a Mozart concerto was played in front of him. His favorite concert.

How was it to refuse a man in his dying request. The musicians came and played. When the last sounds of music died down, those close to him expected to see another marshal who had departed to the world. But a miracle happened. They saw that before their eyes the marshal began to come to life. Listened to Mozart's concert "driven away" death and returned to man vitality . Maybe someone was dissatisfied with this turn of events, but not Richelieu Louis Francois de Vinro, who recovered and lived happily until he was 92 years old. Believe it or not, but all of Europe knows this story of an amazing resurrection.

Mozart strengthens the health of babies, Slovak scientists came to this conclusion.

During the two-year experiment, music was turned on for children, and they overcame postpartum stress faster, sucked milk better, developed well and did not cry.

Music therapy has also had a positive effect on the medical staff. Doctors and nurses were less nervous and less likely to make mistakes in their work.

Innovations were adopted by maternity hospitals in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland.

The Mozart effect showed the harmonizing influence of classical music on a person. ABOUT beneficial effect classical music per person has been known for a long time. Pregnant women are even advised to listen to such music so that the baby develops well and can reveal their talents.

In the 90s of the XX century, amazing information appeared about the unique impact on human brain music of Mozart. Unusual influence called the Mozart effect. Until now, scientists argue about the nature of this phenomenon. However, compelling evidence has been collected to support the power of classical music.

Activation of the cerebral cortex

The first experiments in this direction were carried out on rats. For two months they were given 12 hours a day to listen to one piece of music - a sonata in C major by Mozart. As a result, the rats became “wiser” and began to run the maze 27% faster. They made 37% fewer mistakes than normal rats.

As for people, here scientists have studied brain activity using magnetic resonance. Studies have shown that any music affects the human brain. That is, it excites the area that is the auditory center. In some cases, areas of the brain associated with emotions were also excited. But just listening to Mozart's music activated almost the WHOLE CORA. As scientists figuratively put it, almost the entire cerebral cortex began to glow.

Study of the effects of music on the human brain

The power of the impact of Mozart's music on the brain has been scientifically proven in two directions: the frequency of the rhythm change and the actual frequency of the sound.

The first is due to the fact that our brain has cycles in its work. Nervous system, in particular, has a rhythm of 20-30 seconds. Scientists have suggested that resonance in the cerebral cortex can just cause sound waves that oscillate at the same frequency. For the same reason, the issue of changing the sound frequency in the middle of the last century is relevant. musical instruments from 432 Hz to 440. (Read article about)

The University of Illinois analyzed the frequency responses of music from nearly 60 different composers to see how often 20-30 second waves occur in a piece. When we brought all the data into one table, it turned out that the authors of primitive pop music were at the very bottom, but Mozart took first place at the top.

It is in his music with its unique nuances, overflows and overflow of sounds that 30-second waves are repeated more often than in any other music. Those. in this music, the coveted 30-second “quiet-loud” rhythm is sustained, which corresponds to the biorhythms of our brain.

On the other hand, it has been proven that high-frequency sounds (3,000 - 8,000 Hz) receive the greatest resonance in the cerebral cortex. And the works of Mozart are literally saturated with high-frequency sounds.

Music enhances human intelligence

The activation of the cerebral cortex is not just a scientific miracle. This is an objective process that stimulates thought processes and improves memory. Increased brain activity significantly increases the intellectual level of a person.

American scientists have shown that if you listen to Mozart's music for only 10 minutes, then IQ will increase by almost 8-10 units. So one interesting experiment was conducted at the University of California, how music affects students passing the test. 3 control groups were selected:

Group 1 - students sat in complete silence;
Group 2 - students listened to an audiobook;
Group 3 - students listened to Mozart's sonata.

All students were tested before and after the experiment. As a result, the students improved their results as follows

group 1 - by 14%;
group 2 - by 11%;
Group 3 - by 62%.

Agree, impressive results?!

The amazing Mozart effect in action

European scientists have proven that under the influence of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, mental abilities increase, regardless of how they treat it (like it or not). Even after 5 minutes of listening, people noticeably increase concentration and concentration.

This music has a particularly strong effect on children. Children develop their intelligence much faster. In the United States, children were monitored for 5 years. Those children who attended music lessons for 2 years in a row showed a significant development of spatial thinking.

In adults, the effect of exposure has significant inertia. In some people, brain activity disappeared with the last sounds. For others, the effect lasted longer, but then the brain returned to its original state again.

A prime example of the impact of the Mozart effect

It is known that high sounds strengthen the microscopic muscles of the middle ear, and this leads to improved hearing and speech. This example is one of the most striking cases of the impact of the Mozart effect on a person.

Probably, few people know that the world-famous actor Gerard Depardieu had a severe defect in the 60s: he stuttered and had a bad memory. Fortunately, a doctor met in his life who determined that young Gerard serious problems with middle ear. He prescribed him ... several months of daily listening to 2 hours of Mozart's music. The result was stunning, and we know about it from the films with the actor.

Gerard Depardieu completely got rid of stuttering, improved his memory, which allowed him to become one of the most famous actors in the world. Later he will say:

“Before meeting Tomatis, I could not complete a single sentence. He helped complete my thoughts, taught me the synthesis and understanding of the very process of thinking.

Practical application of the Mozart effect in life

They tell a case when the music of Amadeus Mozart literally brought a person back to life. 78-year-old seriously ill Marshal Richelieu Louis Francois Armand du Plessis was already dying. Minutes before his apparent death, he asked for his last wish in this life. The marshal asked that Mozart's favorite concerto be played to him.

Shortly after the last notes were sounded, a true miracle happened to the marshal! Death receded, and Richelieu began to recover amazingly quickly. Thanks to Mozart's music, vitality returned to the dying marshal and he actively lived for another 14 years. Marshal Richelieu Louis Francois Armand du Plessis died at the respectable age of 92.

In Canada, works by Mozart are played at the state level in city squares to reduce the number of accidents. Unfortunately, in our time, classical music has been relegated to the margins of radio and television broadcasts. Especially on the streets of Russia you will not hear classical music. But what prevents us from arranging for ourselves at least short sessions from amazing music Mozart and other classics.

Listen to Mozart music used in tests