Recently, the idea that listening to classical music can increase intelligence, especially in 1 , has caught the attention of the media, researchers, and parents around the globe. In the early 1990s, researchers from France and the US published articles that said 2 Mozart for 10 minutes temporarily 3 performance on IQ tests and challenging tasks.
4 , the media quickly began reporting on the " Mozart effect" .
In 1997, Don Campbell published a book about this 5 phenomenon. Campbell said that classical 6 could improve health and memory, prevent mental and physical disorders, and 7 stress and depression. He soon 8 with The Mozart Effect for Children, as well as CDs and products for parents of young children. Today, a wide selection of similar products is 9 , including Baby Mozart and Baby Bach, two bestselling DVDs in the popular Baby Einstein series. There are even music players specially 10 for expectant (预产期的) mothers to wear on their stomachs. 11 , babies can listen to classical music before they're even 12 .
13 , there is some doubt surrounding the " Mozart effect" . Parents 14 whether it is a proven reality or just a fad (潮流) designed to make money. Frances H. Rauscher, a psychologist and author of one of the original studies, is 15 . Much of the original 16 pointed to temporary improvements on specific tasks. She 17 these findings have been incorrectly described as a general increase in 18 . " I don't think it can hurt," Rauscher said. Yet she added that 19 may still want to think twice 20 spending a fortune trying to make a genius (天才) out of their baby.
