| Music, this word means different things to different | | | | cells communicate more effectively with each other. |
| people. Some people listen to music, while others | | | | A few years back a study was conducted trying to |
| create it for us to listen too. Regardless of which | | | | demonstrate the effect of certain types of classical |
| category you fall into, music, in some way, has | | | | music such as Mozart or Beethoven on intelligence. |
| touched your life. | | | | Students were instructed to listen to a 30 minutes |
| There are sad songs, love songs, songs of hurting | | | | session on already chosen classical pieces while the |
| hearts, aggressive rock songs, the list goes on and | | | | other group had no musical preparation for the spatial |
| on. For those who do not like singing, there are | | | | reason test. The students that listened to the classic |
| numerous instrumentals, such as classical music. Even | | | | piece before taking the tests scored better on spatial |
| plants like music. A recent study was conducted | | | | reason and the logic portion the standardized test. So |
| where plants were placed in an environment where | | | | if this is true, some music CAN make you smarter. |
| music was played and while a group was placed in a | | | | More studies do need to be "conducted", no pun |
| natural silent environment. The plants that were in | | | | intended, before a final word can be said about |
| the music environment had deeper roots and grew | | | | classical music and the brain. Recent studies have also |
| at a faster rate and appeared to be healthier than its | | | | shown that there may be electrophysiological and |
| counterpart in the control environment. | | | | molecular changes to the brain while listening to |
| Although this may not come as a full surprise, it does | | | | certain types of music, mainly classical. |
| demonstrate some phenomenal characteristics about | | | | From the author's experience, classical music does |
| music and tone. Music has the ability to make us | | | | seem to have a calming effect and seems to clear |
| smile, cry, or even make us a little nervous, | | | | the brain for heavy studying. In contrast, listening to |
| depending on the type of tone and rhythm of the | | | | rock music seems to negatively affect memory, |
| music. Symphony pieces, such as Mozart, have also | | | | focus and retention of material studied. William is the |
| been studied in relation to increasing intelligence in the | | | | owner of Free Sheet Music A site dedicated to |
| hearers. Concertos have been said to increase | | | | music! |
| oxygen uptake in the brain, thus helping the brain | | | | |