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Gordon Shaw, a physicist whose research on classical music's effect on the brain produced an often-quoted study suggesting that listening to Mozart raises I.Q., died April 26 at his home in Laguna Beach, California.
Shaw gained national attention in 1993, when he reported that a group of college students who had listened to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major showed temporary increases in their I.Q.s.
Shaw was born in Atlantic City, graduated from the...