The Brain Boosting Effect of Mozart's Music

If you've ever heard of the "Mozart effect", you know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music has been said to help children's IQs and students study better.

What's actually happening is that because the majority of Mozart's music is high frequency, it affects the area of our ear called the 'middle ear'. When the middle ear is stimulated, the distinctions between just "hearing" something and truly listening come into play. 

So as a person starts listening to Mozart, they're able to intently listen better and therefore focus. Better listening also leads to more energy, positive moods, and even improved posture.

Studies have even shown that listening to Mozart for longer than 10 minutes improved spatial reasoning skills (but not general intelligence). It acts more like a super boost for when you need to focus.

Research also shows that listening to Mozart helps people with ADHD, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, psychosocial developmental problems, sleeping problems, and even autism. Mozart was thought to have Asperger's himself!

Take a listen to Mozart's "Sonata for Two Pianos in D, K. 448" above — Albert Einstein called it "one of the most profound and most mature of all Mozart's compositions”.