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Gordon Shaw, physicist who studied link between music and intelligence, dies
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Gordon Shaw, the physicist who studied the "Mozart Effect" and other links between music and intelligence, has passed away at age 72.

I heard Shaw speak several years ago and he was a captivating speaker who had a fascinating story to tell but also did not exaggerate what his research showed.

A KVFS news article about Shaw says:
Shaw never cared for the media attention his work generated, however, complaining that headlines like "Mozart's Music Makes You Smarter" oversimplified his studies.

For the rest of his career, Shaw continued to study the effect of classical music on the brain, though he distanced himself from the various commercial enterprises his research inspired.

posted by Brent Hugh at 5/03/2005
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