Music can be defined as magical noise, it has power that cannot be explained. It holds on tightly to our mood and twists and molds it to the genre we listen to. It is a tool that aids the brain in its endeavors. The mind, a power in and of itself can use the benefits of music to enhance its cognitive abilities.

Experiments were conducted by psychologists E. Glenn Schellenberg and Patrick G. Hunter of the University of Toronto, Canada and Takayuki Nakata and Sachikoto Tamoto of the Nagasaki Jushin Catholic University, Japan to prove just that.

Canadian undergraduates and Japanese 5-year-olds were studied on the effects music had on their cognitive abilities and the results showed that music in general, not just Mozart, was able to enhance the capabilities of the brain. In other words, they proved that music does play a significant role in intelligence.

Music is an agent that arouses the brain to make it more alert and capable of performing tasks better than if music wan’t listened to. It doesn’t exclusively affect children but adults as well. Even if the type of music is different, music has been shown to positively affect the cognitive abilities in people of all ages and cultures.