WILL
THIS
EVER
DIE?!?

The "Mozart Effect" was and remains a complete bogosity. Even the original researchers of the *preliminary study* fought for a over a decade to stop the inanity that completely misrepresented their work. Listening to music may well activate *existing cognitive capacities*, but it *does not* improve them. This fact has been demonstrated *repeatedly*.

There's no question that a *consistent*, *active* musical education (not merely listening to one musical style or period once a week) can benefit us (particularly our children), but to assert that merely listening to music, much less any particular style, imparts any *persistent* cognitive improvement is to ignore extant data gathered over the last few decades.