All Transient Performance and Arousal Effects

Effects in which test scores or task performance rise for a short time because of arousal, mood or the newness of a situation, rather than because anything was durably learned. The Mozart effect and the novelty effect are the clearest cases. A phenomenon belongs here when its cited article describes a temporary boost or change in performance linked to a stimulus or setting, especially one whose size or existence is debated. Lasting changes from practice belong in the practice and skill learning group. Where later studies failed to confirm the original finding, the member page says so.