Etymology

Mozart effect

Today it means: The supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally. Full definition →

French effet Mozart
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  1. French · calque ofeffet Mozart
  2. English todayMozart effect

Calque of French effet Mozart, a term coined by Alfred A. Tomatis (1920–2001), who used Mozart's music as the listening stimulus in his work attempting to cure a variety of disorders.

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