Meanings
proper nounthe Mozart effect
- The supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.
Origin
- Frencheffet Mozart
- EnglishMozart 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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Arabic تَأْثِير مُوتْسَارْت
- تَأْثِير مُوتْسَارْت (taʔṯīr mūtsārt)supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
Dutch mozarteffect
- mozarteffectsupposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
French effet Mozart
- effet Mozartsupposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
German Mozart-Effekt
- Mozart-Effektsupposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
Italian effetto Mozart
- effetto Mozartsupposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
Japanese モーツァルト効果
- モーツァルト効果 (Mōtsaruto-kōka)supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
Portuguese efeito Mozart
- efeito Mozartsupposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart induces improvement in mental performance
Cite this entry
APA
Mozart effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mozart%20effect
MLA
“Mozart effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mozart%20effect. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mozart effect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mozart%20effect.
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