Daily listening to Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy

Daily listening to Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

14 points by burritofanatic 3 years ago | 3 comments

I really wish they had included a non-Mozart music treatment as well. At this point it's not possible to separate whether it's music that has this effect (most likely) or whether the effect is due specifically to Mozart's music (I would be astonished if this were true).

the_shivers 3 years ago | |

Made the classic blunder of commenting before finishing reading the study.

>A landmark paper studying the effects of listening to Mozart K.448 in individuals with epilepsy demonstrated a reduction in interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), that were not observed during listening to a control old time Pop Piano tune.

Mozart wasn't chosen arbitrarily.

fathyb 3 years ago | | |

A "Pop Piano tune" could be a low-effort stock musical asset. It would have been more useful to compare using other well thought out musical pieces.