RJA #8

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.
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/mozarteffect2.shtml#intro

• People always argue that where does the Mozart's music affect us? In this passage, it says that (a group of 36 college undergraduates improved their spatial-temporal intelligence...); however, this kind of improvement just last a very short period of time[ 10-15 minutes].

• Paraphrase
• Society is looking for a easy way to become smarter. In 1993, researchers in UC Irvine got a result that students increased their spatial ability after listening the Mozart sonata for 10 minutes. Researchers found that students' IQ score raised up about 8-9 points and this lasted for 15 minutes. So this result brought people to attack or support that the Mozart music can increase the intelligence.

• Summarize
• In order to find a way to increase the intelligence, in 1993, an experiment took place. A group of students were given a Mozart sonata for 10 minutes. And the researchers found that students' spatial ability, after listening to the Mozart, had been improved.