MEDIA ADVISORY

MAY 16, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            CONTACT: David Huron (614) 688-4753

Ohio State research symposium to address ‘Mozart Effect’

Experts discuss issue for annual music cognition event

Does music make children learn better? This is the question experts will address during a symposium about the “Mozart Effect” at The Ohio State University, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday (5/19), Room 177 Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road.  This event is a part of Ohio State’s MusicCog/2001, an annual music cognition research symposium.

A 1993 study suggests listening to the music of Mozart can improve test scores.  Now researchers say there is also a “Brahms Effect” and a “Grateful Dead Effect.”   

William Thompson, from York University, and Eugenia Costa-Giomi, from McGill University, will each lead a session to address this issue.  

The symposium’s sessions include “The Nonmusical Effects of Musical Instruction,” at 9:45 a.m. and “Variations on the Mozart Effect” at 10:45 a.m.  Following an 11:30 a.m. panel discussion, led by Ohio State professor in the School of Music Patricia Flowers, media are invited to interview lecturers.  

For more information about the symposium, see http://dactyl.som.ohio-state.edu/MusicCog/musicog01.html.

WHAT:          The Ohio State University’s MusicCog/2001, an annual music cognition research symposium.                      

WHEN:          9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday (5/19).                   

WHERE:       Room 177 Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road.                               

WHY:             To discuss the possible correlation between listening to music and academic performance.