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Passively listening to Mozart — or indeed any other music you enjoy — does not make you smarter. But more studies should be done to find out whether music lessons could raise your child’s IQ in the long term, concludes a report analysing all the scientific literature on music and intelligence, which was published last week by the German research ministry.
Mozart makes you feel better, though. And, NewMexiKen learned in This Is Your Brain on Music that listening to many types of music in early childhood is a key to enjoying and appreciating music more later in life.