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Mozart effect

Mozart effect proper noun: the supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.

Proper noun

the Mozart effect

  1. The supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.

Mozart effect meaning in Arabic

Mozart effect in Arabic

supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
تَأْثِير مُوتْسَارْت taʔṯīr mūtsārt

Origin of Mozart effect

Calque of French effet Mozart, a term coined by Alfred A. Tomatis (1920–2001), who used Mozart's music as the listening stimulus in his work attempting to cure a variety of disorders.

Questions about Mozart effect

What does Mozart effect mean?
Mozart effect means the supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.
What is Mozart effect in Arabic?
Mozart effect in Arabic is تَأْثِير مُوتْسَارْت (taʔṯīr mūtsārt). See Mozart effect meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Mozart effect?
Mozart effect is a proper noun.

Words near Mozart effect in the dictionary

  1. MOzarks
  2. Mozart
  3. Mozart and Liszt
  4. Mozart ball
  5. Mozart balls
  6. Mozart effect
  7. Mozartean
  8. Mozarteans
  9. Mozartesque
  10. Mozartian
  11. Mozartians

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