<p>Do some of you listen to classical music before taking a practice SAT exam? I know that music like Mozart's violin concertos are supposed to stimulate your brain. It didn't seem to have that much of a effect though when I tried it. Do any of you report high success after listening to music before a test? What are some other music that you guys would listen to as a brain stimulant? And are there specific soundtracks good for the brain?</p>
<p>You're speaking of the "Mozart Effect." I believe that "complex rythms(spelling?)" are said to be the reason for this.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't think this to be true, but don't underestimate the powers of suggestion. Think of it as a placebo.</p>
<p>try paying attention to the song, what shape you hear (pitch is going high or low), minor or major key, modulations, dominant sevenths. You probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but it's what stimulates your mind to think in an abstract way.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't think listening to music will cause you to score any better on your tests. It's best to just listen to it and enjoy it. Get some Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, etc and enjoy.</p>
<p>nope, and the Mozart Effect effects(kinda weird, i know) is somewhat exaggerated.</p>
<p>Source of Info: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effect%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effect</a></p>
<p>First of all, its only recorded[if at all] to help for 15 minutes.....not the whole SAT...</p>
<p>"A disputed set of research results that indicate that listening to certain kinds of complex music may induce a short-lived (fifteen minute) improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as "spatio-temporal reasoning;""</p>
<p>"Rather, careful research by William Forde Thompson, Glenn Schellenberg, and Gabriela Husain (University of Toronto) suggests that the Mozart effect can be attributed to temporary changes in mood and arousal that result from prolonged exposure to music (e.g., 8-10 minutes)."</p>
<p>"Chabris stated that his meta-analysis demonstrated "that any cognitive enhancement is small and does not reflect any change in IQ or reasoning ability in general, but instead derives entirely from performance on one specific type of cognitive task and has a simple neuropsychological explanation," called "enjoyment arousal." For example, he cites a study that found that "listening either to Mozart or to a passage from a Stephen King story enhanced subjects’ performance in paper folding and cutting [one of the tests frequently employed by Rauscher and Shaw] but only for those who enjoyed what they heard." Steele et al. found that "listening to Mozart produced a 3-point increase relative to silence in one experiment and a 4-point decrease in the other experiment.""</p>
<p>"Even if music improves performance in some settings and on some tasks, there is evidence that the effect is not general in the sense that it does not apply in other tasks. Bridget and Cuevas (2000) found that, when compared to a no-music condition, listening to music by Bach or Mozart for 10 minutes produced no effect on subsequent mathematical problem solving performance."</p>
<p>oh yea, The original people who came out with the theory never said listening to classical music MAKES YOU SMARTER, but rather, "The effect is limited to spatial–temporal tasks involving mental imagery and temporal ordering." </p>
<p>But for me: I dont try to listen to music, because sometimes when I do, I have the last line or the beat/rhythm stuck in my head through the test. And that can get annoying.</p>
<p>me too! That's what usually annoys me.</p>
<p>'Till I Collapse - Eminem
Entire 50 Cent Album -- very inspirational at certain intervals.</p>
<p>I don't listen to nonmainstream rap like Cage or Necro b/c all they rap about are useless ****.</p>
<p>Anyway yeah, helped me get 800 on both Chem and Math IIC, 2280 first time SAT I</p>
<p>woah azsxdc...u listened 2 rap music and did well?? that's a first</p>
<p>usually ppl who listen 2 rap dont do well on exams</p>
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<p>are you retarded? what was that? trying to sneak in a racist comment? huh?
And I haven't heard of a statistic that said people who listen to rap music don't do well on tests.</p>
<p>Are you trying to say people who listen to rap (i presume you are referring to blacks) are stupid/retards? You are trying to connect two totally unconnectable things here. I know a girl who got a 2400, and yes, she has listened to a few rap songs, that didn't stop her. And since when did listening to rap songs mean a drop in SAT or IQ for that matter?</p>
<p>My two cents.</p>
<p>^^ lol calm down, i don't think he meant it like that</p>
<p>but yeah, I listen to rap music. While I did a few practice ACT tests, I listened mostly to Eminem though to keep me awake. I also listened to Linkin Park.</p>
<p>You guys misunderstood my intended meaning. I listen to rap; I listen to it before tests PRIMARILY because the music is inspirational and it motivates me. :)</p>
<p>darkzeroman, it isnt a racial comment</p>
<p>i was talkin about some1 who listened 2 rap music while still doing extremely well on an exam. all the people who MOSTLY listen 2 rap (like all the time, not just before a test) do horrible on tests, which is y i said that</p>
<p>i wasnt talkin about only an SAT or IQ test, i was talkin about any test in general</p>
<p>and another thing, i think ur the one being the racist if u think im referring 2 blacks or calling them stupid or retards...wow...just wow</p>
<p>yea azsxdc, i did misunderstand ur meaning, thanks for clarifying it!!</p>
<p>Btw, if people doubt that it's inspirational (an idiot pmed me), I have an example: </p>
<p>High All The Time, 50 Cent, some excerpts</p>
<p>"Finna crush my enemies like I crush the hashish"
"If David could go against Goliath with a stone, I can go at Nas and Jigga, both for the throne"</p>
<p>Um..... I like to listen to Joaquin Rodrigo, El Concierto de Aranjuez... it helps with math. I adore my Rodrigo CD. :D</p>