Can music make you smarter?

Can listening to music make you smarter? Can playing a musical instrument make you smarter? While the jury is still out, there is an accumulating pile of evidence that it indeed may be so, at least to some degree. You’ve probably heard of the Mozart Effect, but even if there is no basis for thinking that it raises intelligence, there is sure lots of evidence that it develops good taste in music – giving the listener a sense over time of what is “good” and what is “not so good” in music in general.

Watch this very short video:

For more info on the Mozart effect click here for an excellent article from the Royal Society of Medicine.