( I suppose this was for the list as well) Donatella
----- Original Message ----- From: "Satoshi Hayakawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Donatella Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy > Dear Donatella and Dear friends, > > Unfortunately, most scientists and physicians are skeptical about so > called Mozart effect. > From late 1990s, several researchers reported increased capacity to > respond in > visuospatial-type tasks after exposure to music by Mozart. > However, so far there are no conclusive data evidenced on double-blind > test with many samples. > There are many pro- or con Mozart effect articles, obtainable through > EnterezPubMed site. > www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi > > Scientific legend of Mozart effects is reviewed well in > Bangerter A, Heath C. > The Mozart effect: tracking the evolution of a scientific legend. > Br J Soc Psychol. 2004 Dec;43(Pt 4):605-23. > > As a a gynecologist I enjoy Mozart and other baroque and classical > music as well as > Renaissance and Baroque lute music during surgery. On the other hand, > my residents prefer Queen & Paul Rodgers, John Lennon or Japanese modern > popular music . > > > Satoshi HAYAKAWA M.D.Ph.D. > Associate professor in Infectious disease Control, > Reproductive Immunology , Obstetrics and Gynaecology > Nihon University Medical School > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
