Mozart ... a key to better colonoscopies?!

[Dean]

This news grabbed my attention. It dramatically underscores the strong relationship between music and cognitive function!

Listening to Mozart Improves Doctors' Colonoscopy Exam Performance

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. study found physicians who listen to Mozart while doing colonoscopies increase their detection rates of precancerous polyps, researchers say.

Dr. Catherine Noelle O'Shea and Dr. David Wolf of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston found adenoma -- colon polyp -- detection rate increased when doctors listened to Mozart.

Earlier research found the "Mozart Effect" -- resulting from listening to Mozart's music -- might result in significant short-term improvement in spatial temporal reasoning.

-- "Mozart effect" on "spatio-temporal reasoning" ...

The next time I use my telescope I'll listen to the "Jupiter" symphony (No. 41 in C Major, K. 551) ... who knows what I might discover! :roll:

 

[Inferno]

How was the study done? If they played only Mozart but nothing else, the explanation is quite easy: People will improve what they're doing no matter what you're changing about the work environment. I don't know where I can find it but there was this study where they told one group "we'll dim the lights to increase your working performance" and they told the other one "we'll make it brighter". Both groups increased their working performance, though I don't know by how much each.

If they actually used other music too: I wanna see! (The results, not the colonoscopy.)

 

[CosmicJoghurt]

I'd like to see a gynecologist work with Kenny G playing in the background. That'll be a study.