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Kaya, E. Erdem – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Between the two hemispheres of the brain, structural and functional differences are called cerebral lateralization that can affect the skill performance of both arms in a different way, which is called handedness. Approximately 90% of people are right-handed and they use the right hand for most skillful activities. Interestingly, recent studies…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Accuracy, Music Education, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Jackson, Catherine S.; Tlauka, Michael – Psychology of Music, 2004
The "Mozart effect" refers to an increase in spatial reasoning performance following exposure to music composed by Mozart. Empirical tests of the effect have resulted in an inconsistent pattern of findings with some studies producing the effect and others failing to do so. The majority of the investigations have relied on paper-and-pencil tests.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Investigations, Music, Spatial Ability