RJA #15

Word Cloud URL
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3878126/Untitled

Reflection:
This is actually my first research class. At first, I didn't be that confident for this class, but later, I really found doing research is very interesting. Many website, many tools which we are able to use in our research paper, and this made doing research pretty fun! And I just have a little suggestion that at last class, when professor put us who had the same topic together was very helpful, and I suggest that professor can do it for your next class.

RJA #14

Visual Aids

• VA #1: The explanation of Cutting and Folding experiment held in 1995.
• VA #2:Steele's failure experiment data table on the Mozart Effect
• VA #3: Rat experiment held by Frances Rauscher to show the speed that rats went through the labyrinth
• VA #4: Rat experiment held by Frances Rauscher to show the mistakes that maked by those rats when they were trying to go through the labyrinth.
• VA #5: The comparison of brain waves of epileptics between Mozart group and Silence group.

Field Research

       I did a survey on my field research. My question is do you want to learn at least one of the musical instrument when you are young? I did that in a Chinese survey, and I send it to 53 of my friends and 42 answered so far. Eighty-nine percent (37 people) replied yes.

Web Project Plan

       In the Web Project, I will introduce Mozart first, and then talk the Mozart Effect. I will mainly talk about some experiments of the Mozart Effect and try to link them to the original website. Introduce some scientists who have participate to the Mozart Effect and link them to their own website.

RJA #13

Another Four Sources

1. mozart effect Videos Online - VideoSurf Video Search. (n.d.).VideoSurf Video Search Engine | Watch Free Videos Online, Funny Videos, TV Episodes, Movies and more. Retrieved July 20, 2011, from http://www.videosurf.com/videos/mo      The reason why I chose this website is to find an evidence that the music can heal diseases.
2. Vintage, O. S., & 2007.. (n.d.). NOVA | Musical Minds. PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved July 20, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/musical-minds.html  This is an example of music can decrease the turrets. 
3. R&R-Search Results. (n.d.).The Mozart Effect® - Books, music, resources and more!®. Retrieved July 20, 2011, from http://mozarteffect.com/RandR/RandR.php?search=Mozart+Effect  this website has lots of sources that I can choose from.
4. 'Mozart effect' helps young epileptics.(2011, February 20). 'Mozart effect' helps young epileptics. Mail on Sunday. p. 25. Retrieved from EBSCOhost..  This is an example that I will write in my research paper.

My Presentation Plan

I would like to share the birth of the Mozart Effect and according to my background essay, I will show some major fields that have been using the Mozart Effect in order to explain that the Mozart Effect is not only music.

1. Brain Development
2. the birth of the Mozart Effect
3. several experiment to prove the Mozart Effect (several stories)

RJA #12

Conversion From MLA to APA Style

1. Human Intelligence: Mozart Effect. (n.d.). Indiana University. Retrieved July 18, 2011, from http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/moz
2. Baidu Wenku: Mozart Effect. Baidu Wenku. Retrieved July 18, 2011, from http://wenku.baidu.com/view/a7e
3. Baidu Baike: Mozart Effect. Baidu Baike. Retrieved July 18, 2011, from http://wenku.baidu.com/view/a7ec

Another Four sources

1. Campbell, D. G. (1997). The Mozart effect: tapping the power of music to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit. New York: Avon Books.
2. Campbell, D. G. (2000). The Mozart effect for children: awakening your child's mind, health, and creativity with music. New York: William Morrow.
3. "MOZART EFFECT" - MUSIC/BRAIN RESEARCH. (n.d.). Parenting Central. Retrieved July 20, 2011, from http://www.parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html
4. Classical Music - can it make your smarter? / Eco Beat. (n.d.). Writers & Photographers: Food, Fashion, Humor, Love, Politics, Movies and More. Retrieved July 20, 2011, from http://www.blogcatalog.com/post

RJA #11

Logic Fallacies

1. Genetic Fallacy: Music can control our brain because it makes us happy or sad.
2. Red Herring: Without Mozart's contribution, the advanced technology couldn't be developed.
3. Faulty Appeal to Authority: Business men always analyze the Mozart's works, and they find the Mozart Effect truly exist.
4. Straw Man: Those who thought the Mozart Effect is no true do not know any music!
5. Hasty Generalization: Someone had a survey before. He tested 5 people and 4 of them thought the Mozart Effect exist, so the man concluded the Mozart Effect is true.
6. Part to Whole: Tom was touched by Mozart's music, so the Mozart Effect exists.
7. Proof by Lack of Evidence: The Mozart Effect exists.

RJA #10

Thesis Question
Is the Mozart Effect real?

Precise Claim
the Mozart Effect can make people smarter

Reasons/Blueprints:
1.the audiences of classical music.
2.the melody of the music can bring a sense of comfort to people
3.lots of experiment proved that the Mozart Effect exists.

Thesis Statement
The Mozart Effect works on everybody everywhere.

Argument
Reason A: People who like classical music usually very successful.
Evidence A1: people who like classical music always behave properly
Evidence A2: classical music is set as the required classes to grand tour
Evidence A3: provide several examples to support that

Reason B: Lots of people try to calm down themselves by listening to music
Evidence B1: lots of people sleep while listening to music
Evidence B2: experiment shows that given a certain piece of music (largo) can make people sleepy.
Evidence B3: usually after working, people want to listen to music to relax themselves.

Reason C: Mozart's works connect with our nerve
Evidence C1: experiment shows that after listening to the Mozart, people's spatial ability got improved.
Evidence C2: Mozart's works' peak related to our nerve peak.
Evidence C3: Mozart's work usually optimistic

Objection  A: people's success cannot directly related to the Mozart Effect

Objection C: so many facts can change the result of experiment
Refutation C: all things are for the business

RJA #9

Thesis
This background essay is mainly talking about the birth of the Mozart Effect. In order to increase the intelligence, people tried massive ways, and the Mozart Effect is just one of them. The Mozart Effect is originated from an experiment and has been widely analyzed through the entire world.

Outline
1. Using Einstein to grab people's attraction and also begin my essay.
2. Introduction of the first experiment of the Mozart Effect.
3. Introduce several area that people use the Mozart Effect.


Annotated Bibliography


Society has often hoped for a quick and simple way of increasing intelligence. In 1993, such a possibility was offered by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. Rauscher, Shaw, and Ky (1993) found that a group of 36 college undergraduates improved their spatial-temporal intelligence (the ability to mentally manipulate objects in three-dimensional space) after listening to 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata. Results showed that student' IQ scores improved by 8-9 points and lasted for 10-15 minutes. The findings, which were later dubbed the Mozart effect, have spawned both criticism and support for music's ability to alter intelligence.
Human Intelligence: Mozart Effect." Indiana University. Web. 08 July 2011. 


最受欢迎胎教音乐 这篇论文的主要作者、美国威斯康星州立大学副教授弗兰斯·劳舍尔本身也是一位大提琴演奏家，此 后，她用老鼠做过类似的试验。研究者为还在子宫中的小老鼠播放同一首曲子，并让它们在出生后两个月 内继续听这首曲子，然后将这些老鼠放置在迷宫中。结果，听过莫扎特的小老鼠找到出口的速度比其他没 听过莫扎特曲子的三组老鼠都要快。 此后十多年，劳舍尔的研究在学术界引发了一场风暴，不少学者对她的发现进行了修正或者抨击。无 论如何，劳舍尔的研究获得了媒体的广泛关注，并导致了一场流行心理学热潮。现在莫扎特曲子已经成了 最受欢迎的胎教音乐。


巴黎医生阿尔弗雷德·托马提斯是利用莫扎特音乐进行治疗的先驱，他用莫扎特的音乐治疗各种儿童 缺陷和包括抑郁症在内的成人疾病。目前，波兰已经在全国范围内引入了托马提斯的治疗方法，主要帮助 孩子克服一些学习上的困难。但此类治疗方法只在少数几个国家得到正式承认，传统的音乐治疗医师对此 也多有怀疑。


"莫扎特效应_百度文库." 百度文库――文档分享平台. Web. 08 July 2011. <http://wenku.baidu.com/view/a7ec721a964bcf84b9d57ba1.html>.