Effects of listening to Mozart and Bach on the performance of a mathematical test

The purpose of the current: study was to assess the effect of listening to Mozart and Each on the immediate performance of a 10-min. mathematical lest . The study consisted of 61 undergraduate participants. Participants were r andomly assigned to a control group, a Mozart group, or a Each group. Parti cipants were then administered a mathematics pretest, listened to a selecti on of music for 10 min., and were then administered a mathematics posttest. The test was constructed to be similar to items taken from the University Mathematics Placement Examination. Analysis indicated no significant effect on the immediate mathematics test when participants listened to 10 min, of either Mozart or Each. These findings suggest caution in measuring differe nces in various cognitive tasks as indicating increases in intelligence sco res.