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After the original study, there have been many attempts to reproduce the same cognitive effects of Mozart music in other studies. Some researchers who agree with the results of the original experim

Whether the Mozart effect is proven or not, people who believe in the effect do not care about scientific proof. That is because the expectation of the companies who are using this theory for their benefit and parents who really want to have smarter children have gone beyond this truth. In the following story introduced in The Washington Post in September 1999, the psychology of Mozart effect believers can be seen as depending on some magic. Seavey, a teacher of a middle and high school, talked about her students. During vocabulary quizzes, she had the students listen to Mozart music. The students who were skeptical about the effect became obsessive in their perception that Mozart would provide the magic charm needed to increase their quiz scores. Seavey said, "I don’t care if it has been discredited. If my students believe they may be a bit smarter by the end of a twenty-minute vocabulary quiz, that is the desired effect" (Seavey 1999). Therefore, the popularity of the Mozart effect will not disappear at least for the time being.

For six years after the original research was released, the Mozart effect has been a hit especially with the parents of preschoolers. Maybe it is because that Mozart effect is linked with IQ. Soon after the original research was published, one company quickly adapted this finding and made a self-help book. Other record companies started to release compact discs, tapes and video tapes titled "The Mozart Effect," "Baby Mozart," "Mozart makes your children smarter," and so on. Also these products promised that the music would stimulate young minds, improve intelligence, and enhance IQs. And parents who are ambitious to make their children smarter believe this promise and help the entrepreneur’s profit-making motive by purchasing thousands of videotapes and CDs only through the verbal recommendation among them.

However, they admitted that there was an effect on mood scores, leading to improved cognitive performance. Participants who listened to Mozart music or sat in silence were happier than the people who listened to Glass. However, the effect of mood on performance due to arousal is different from the Mozart effect, which is neurophysiological. Mood affected performance by keeping subjects alert, not by changing their brains on other cognitive tasks (Steele, Bass and Crook 1999).

For the limitless popularity of the Mozart effect, Rick Weiss says in his article that the original research was a small study that showed a momentary, fairly small improvement in adult performance on a specific mental task. However, soon after, Mozart’s compositions were selected by both practical educators and parents who wanted their children to achieve a few extra points on their SAT scores. And then, to make matters worse, the marketing began (Rick Weiss 1999).

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