Why is the literature relating music and cognition so contradictory? Some studies report strong cognitive advantages associated with musical training, while others find weak or null effects. How can both be true?

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Phonological processing = left dorsal stream? Not in Mexican Spanish-speaking children at reading onset. Here, bilateral ventral — not dorsal— pathways predict phonological awareness. Neuroscience should broaden the populations it studies to build generalizable brain models. doi.org/10.1162/NOL....