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Effect of Mozart music on heel prick pain in preterm infants: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2015
Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to determine the effect of music by Mozart on heel prick procedural pain in premature infants. Background: Painful procedures are routinely performed in the setting of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Cristina Cavaiuolo, Anna Casani, Gaetano Di Manso, Luigi Orfeo   +3 more
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Music Therapy Alleviates Motor Dysfunction in Rats With Focal Cerebral Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury by Regulating BDNF Expression

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background/Aim: Music-based therapy plays a role in central nervous system diseases. We aimed to explore the effect of different doses and durations of music therapy on motor function recovery after stroke and the underlying molecular mechanisms.Methods:
Weiguan Chen, Jiaxuan Zheng, Jiaxuan Zheng, Guangyu Shen, Xin Ji, Linlin Sun, Xia Li, Feng Xu, Jin-hua Gu   +8 more
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Embodied Responses to Harmony and (Poly)Rhythm: An Integrated Ratio‐Based Perception‐Action Framework

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1562, Issue 1, August 2026.
Harmony and rhythm perception are often studied separately, yet both reveal a shared sensitivity to low‐order integer ratios. In harmony, intervals like the octave (2:1) and fifth (3:2) predict consonance and ease of encoding. In rhythm, patterns with simple ratios (e.g., 2:1, 3:2) are easier to perceive, reproduce, and remember.
Nicola Di Stefano, Edward Large, Charles Spence   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Levels of Arousal in Positive Moods: Effects on Motor Performance

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2018
Background: The use of simple preparatory methods, such as listening to relaxing music, may decrease negative emotions and enhance performance. The purpose of this research was to explore whether certain types of music, as a preparatory task, could ...
Carolina Valencia, Krista Currier, Sarah Lindsay, Pam Lemperis, Titus Hughes, Jeanne Sowers   +5 more
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Unfounded authority, underpowered studies, and non-transparent reporting perpetuate the Mozart effect myth: a multiverse meta-analysis

Scientific Reports, 2023
In recent years, an ostensible Mozart effect, suggesting beneficial influences of listening to the sonata KV448 on epilepsy, has been extensively covered in popular media outlets.
Sandra Oberleiter, Jakob Pietschnig
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Supporting Children With a Chronic Disease and Their Parents When Admitted to Hospital: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Supports

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 7, Page 1322-1372, July 2026.
Importance of psychosocial support. ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this scoping review was to identify, examine, and summarize available evidence regarding psychosocial supports provided to children with a chronic disease when admitted to hospital and their parents. Method The JBI methodology for conducting and reporting scoping reviews was followed.
Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, Nolan Lagrisolal, Una Chang, Matthew Christoffersen, K. Alix Hayden, Kathryn Birnie, Tammie Dewan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Background Music on Learning in the Light of Different Theoretical Perspectives and the Role of Working Memory Capacity

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
This study investigates how background music influences learning with respect to three different theoretical approaches. Both the Mozart effect as well as the arousal-mood-hypothesis indicate that background music can potentially benefit learning ...
Janina A. M. Lehmann, Tina Seufert
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Austere Moral Ecologies and Artificial Agents

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 592-611, July 2026.
Abstract There are underappreciated moral costs for deploying artificially intelligent agents in our present bureaucratically and market‐structured world. Currently, AI systems lack the interiority and mutual vulnerability required for genuine moral relationality.
Manuel Vargas
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major in Children with Epilepsy and Effect of Acoustic Quality on Epileptic Discharges

Noise and Health
Background: Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K448) is a classic double piano work. This study investigated its effect on children with epilepsy (EP) and analyzed the changes in electroencephalography (EEG) among children on the basis of ...
Liping Zheng, Lin Lin, Qinghuang Zeng
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L’émergence de la notion de classique dans la musique chez Amadeus Wendt (1783-1836)

Cahiers d’Études Germaniques, 2013
According to the romantic writers (Tieck, Wackenroder, Hoffmann), the three masters of Viennese classicism, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, developed instrumental music in such a way that music went to full autonomy.
Alexandre Chèvremont
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