Can music make you smarter?

In my last post I wrote about a scientific experiment which concerned true and false beliefs.
In this one I would like spot another, namely research on music.

Can music make you smarter?
This is a question which we need to answer.
You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart they will become more intelligent. A quick internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task.
The students who listened to Mozart did better at tasks where they had to create shapes in their minds. For a short time the students were better at spatial tasks where they had to look at folded up pieces of paper with cuts in them and to predict how they would appear when unfolded. But unfortunately, as the authors make clear at the time, this effect lasts for about fifteen minutes. So it’s hardly going to bring you a lifetime of enhanced intelligence.

In that video James May delves into the mysteries of music in his own inimitable way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zU7PyUrdU