Mozart effect en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of French effet Mozart, a term coined by Alfred A. Tomatis (1920–2001), who used Mozart's music as the listening stimulus in his work attempting to cure a variety of disorders.
Meanings
- The supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Mozart effect | canonical | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
fr effet Mozart (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · pt efeito Mozart (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · nl mozarteffect (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · ar تَأْثِير مُوتْسَارْت (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · it effetto Mozart (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · de Mozart-Effekt (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance) · ja モーツァルト効果 (supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance)