Does listening to Mozart Music
make a student smarter?
Authors: Ali Habbabeh, Kevin Neuschwander,
Stefan Siegenthaler
Lecturer: Prof. Michael Von Kutzschenbach
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Declaration of Authorship
We declare that the thesis submitted is my own unaided work. All direct or indirect sources used are
acknowledged as references. All sources used are indicated and listed as quotation in the bibliog–
raphy.
This student research project has neither been previously published nor presented to another exam-
ination board.
City, Date
Bern, December 6, 2013
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
2 Mozart Music ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
3 Intelligence quotient (IQ) ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
4 What is Mozart Effect? …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
5 Arguments supporting the Mozart effect ……………………………………………………………………… 7
6 Arguments against Mozart effect ……………………………………………………………………………….. 7
7 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
8 Declaration of Authorship …………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
9 References …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
10 List of Figures ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
Does listening to Mozart Music make a student smarter?
1 Introduction
Efficient learning is what our teachers always consider an important topic at school or university.
However, achieving this goal might be as easy as it sounds. We were told to learn in a relaxed and
stress-free atmosphere. To achieve that, every person has or tried to come up with his or her own
strategy. One might argue that the most known way to relax is to listen to classical music, or more
specifically, to Mozart’s music. But have you considered the idea of listening to Mozart not only help
you to relax, but also might boost your brain power? Unsurprisingly, the question that first came to
