All school districts should retain music programs in their schools. Probably the most well-known supposed benefit of involvement in a music program is the Mozart Effect. The Mozart Effect claims that “performance on tasks of spatiotemporal reasoning may be improved for ten-fifteen minutes immediately after listening to part of a Mozart piano sonata or similarly complex music” (Črnčec, Wilson, and Prior, 580). While the Mozart Effect has little to back it, there are still many reasons music and other fine arts belong in schools.
Spatiotemporal reasoning is related to activities involving space and time such as memory, mental rotation and visualization. However, studies have proven that benefits are inconclusive. Many studies such as one done by C. F. Chabris in 1999 found that the Mozart Effect “was non-significant and unreliable” (Chabris qtd. in Črnčec, Wilson, and Prior 580). One of two studies done by L. Hetland in 2000 concluded that the Mozart Effect could have a medium-sized effect. Hetland also produced twelve unpublished studies, many of which reported a large Mozart Effect (Hetland qtd. in Črnčec, Wilson, and Prior 580). Perhaps the Mozart Effect is simply a by-product of improved arousal and mood (Črnčec, Wilson, and Prior 580). Any music, not just Mozart’s, can stimulate parts of the brain other than the ones directly affected by listening. If the music is happy, mood improves and performance on tests may increase. These results are mostly hit-and-miss depending on the person and the situation. There are too many variables to be able to paint an accurate picture of the Mozart Effect. However during studies with strictly monitored variables, the results pointed towards little or no benefit.
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