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    Although auditory encoding of music is robust early in infancy, the transformation of this input into movement patterns develops substantially over the first postnatal year, without reaching full maturity.
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    Continuous developmental changes in word recognition and language learning across early childhood

    Michael C Frank, Virginia A Marchman ... Martin Zettersten
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    Roya E Huang, Giridhar M Anand ... Sharad Ramanathan
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