An Experimental Test of “The Mozart Effect”: Does Listening to His Music Improve Spatial Ability?
An Experimental Test of “The Mozart Effect”: Does Listening to His Music Improve Spatial Ability?
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DOI：
10.2466/pms.1995.81.3f.1379
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发表时间：
1995-12
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Joan Newman;John H. Rosenbach;Kathryn L. Burns;Brian C. Latimer;Helen R. Matocha;E. R. Vogt
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作者：
Joan Newman;John H. Rosenbach;Kathryn L. Burns;Brian C. Latimer;Helen R. Matocha;E. R. Vogt
这个实验是为了验证Rauscher，Shaw和Ky在1993年的发现，他们报告了听古典音乐对空间推理的积极影响。目前的结果并没有证明“莫扎特效应”。在我们的研究中，114名学生被预先测试的项目从乌鸦的进步矩阵先进的形式，然后指示听8分钟。莫扎特的音乐，放松指令，或沉默。然后对受试者进行一组等效的瑞文项目的后测。受试者还被要求提供有关他们的音乐背景和偏好的信息。所有的指导和治疗都被录音，并通过大学语言实验室的耳机播放给个别受试者，以确保程序的标准化。所有3个治疗组的受试者均显示出练习效果，但Raven评分的改善不依赖于接受的治疗类型。在治疗前后，各组之间的Raven评分没有差异，因此我们的结果不能证实先前的结果。没有证据表明，根据听众的音乐背景和训练，简短的音乐对随后的问题解决有不同的影响。
This experiment was designed as a test of the 1993 findings of Rauscher, Shaw, and Ky who reported a positive effect of listening to classical music on spatial reasoning. Present results do not demonstrate the “Mozart effect.” In our study, 114 students were pretested on items from the Raven's Progressive Matrices-Advanced Form, then instructed to listen to either 8 min. of Mozart's music, relaxation instructions, or silence. Then subjects were posttested on an equivalent set of Raven's items. The subjects were also asked to provide information about their musical background and preferences. All instructions and treatments were audiotaped and played to individual subjects through earphones in the university language laboratory, ensuring standardization of procedures. Subjects in all 3 treatment groups showed a practice effect, but this improvement in Raven's scores was not dependent on the type of treatment received. There were no differences in Raven's scores among groups before or after treatment so our results do not confirm the prior ones. There was no evidence that the brief music had a different effect on subsequent problem solving according to listeners' musical background and training.