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==Other uses of Mozart's music== While it is clear that exposure to Mozart does not raise IQ, studies of the effects of music have explored as diverse areas as its links to [[seizure]] onset<ref name="epilepsyorg" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hughes|first1=J. R.|last2=Daaboul|first2=Y.|last3=Fino|first3=J. J.|last4=Shaw|first4=G. L.|title=The "Mozart Effect" on Epileptiform Activity|journal=Clinical EEG and Neuroscience|volume=29|issue=3|year=1998|pages=109–119|doi=10.1177/155005949802900301|pmid=9660010|s2cid=36676593}}</ref> or research in animals suggesting that even exposure in-utero in rats improves their [[maze]] learning.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Improved maze learning through early music exposure in rats |pmid=9664590 | volume=20 |issue=5 |date=July 1998 |journal=Neurol. Res. |pages=427–32|last1=Rauscher |first1=F. H. |last2=Robinson |first2=K. D. |last3=Jens |first3=J. J. |doi=10.1080/01616412.1998.11740543}}</ref> The original claim continues to influence public life. For instance a German [[sewage treatment]] plant plays Mozart music to break down the waste faster, reports the UK ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]''. Anton Stucki, chief operator of the [[Treuenbrietzen]] plant was quoted as saying, "We think the secret is in the vibrations of the music, which penetrate everything—including the water, the sewage and the cells."<ref>{{cite news|last=Connolly|first=Kate|title=Sewage plant plays Mozart to stimulate microbes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/02/sewage-mozart-germany|access-date=8 April 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 June 2010}}</ref>
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