Mozart doesn’t make you smarter

News item:

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.

news @ nature.com

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.