Performance suppression from control procedures is not the basis of the Mozart effect

B E Rideout

doi:10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.890

Performance suppression from control procedures is not the basis of the Mozart effect

Percept Mot Skills. 1999 Dec;89(3 Pt 1):890. doi: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.890.

Author

B E Rideout¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA. brideout@ursinus.edu

PMID: 10665021
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.890

Abstract

The suggestion by others that previous replications of the Mozart effect in this laboratory are due to suppression of arousal from a relaxation control procedure is inconsistent with our published data.

MeSH terms

Arousal / physiology*
Humans
Music*
Relaxation / physiology*
Relaxation Therapy