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. 2019 Feb 19;116(8):2785-2786.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1900068116. Epub 2019 Jan 29.

Reply to Schellenberg: Is there more to auditory plasticity than meets the ear?

Gavin M Bidelman  1   2   3 , Kelsey Mankel  4   2
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Reply to Schellenberg: Is there more to auditory plasticity than meets the ear?

Gavin M Bidelman et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Musicality is modulated by innate and experience-dependent factors. Among the population, receptive auditory skills vary along a continuum. Points toward the upper right corner would be considered musicians. While music aptitude covaries with training (9), our study (1) identified nonmusicians without training (musical sleepers) with inherently good listening skills and neural processing of speech. PROMS, Profile of Music Perception Skills.
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