Past Paper 2016 Section 1

A  $100 

 

B  $105 

 

C  $115 

 

D  $120 

 

E  $125 

 

F  $135 

 

 

 

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When we listen to music, electrical waves in our brains tend to synchronise to the tempo. In a 

recent study scientists recorded the brain waves of musicians and non-musicians as they 

listened to music. Although the brain waves of both groups synchronised to many rhythms, 

those of non-musicians did not synchronise to particularly slow music. The non-musicians 

reported that they could not keep track of the tempo in slow music. This shows that becoming a 

musician requires an innate tendency for the brain to synchronise to the tempo of any speed of 

music.  

 

Which one of the following identifies a flaw in the above argument?