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The authors states that studying music can help performances in other non-musical areas, specifically reading. Yet they also caution that the "music-helps-you-do-English-and-math-better" philosophy may be missing some vital reasons to actually study music. They point out the positives of music and literacy but also express concerns about focusing on reading during music education classes. Full HTML available

Rauscher and Hinton is arguing the distinct difference music in general as a source of music instruction. I say that because in the 1993 study, the results only lasted 15 mins. The Mozart Effect was under fire as being a "limited" source for a study method. The whole controversy behind that was the during the original study, just one of his songs were being used. Which brings up the question, " Just because one of his songs were used and happen to work, doesn't mean that all of his songs will work the same way.