News Finding: This difference, the researchers say, may suggest that non-musicians are unable to process the music as a continuous melody rather than as individual notes.
Paper Finding: The entrainment effects observed here are presumably the result of one (or many) of these changes.
News Context: Only musicians, however, showed oscillations that synchronized with unusually slow clips. This difference, the researchers say, may suggest that non-musicians are unable to process the music as a continuous melody rather than as individual notes. Moreover, musicians much more accurately detected pitch distortions--as evidenced by corresponding cortical oscillations.
Paper Context: 24-31, 53, and 54) shows that musical training elicits a range of changes to brain structure and function. The entrainment effects observed here are presumably the result of one (or many) of these changes. These questions cannot be answered within the scope of this study; however, we present several hypotheses to inspire future research.