Liberty Hamilton
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Researchers studied the brains of 51 children and young adults as they watched a movie clip that contained both music and dialogue.
Liberty Hamilton of the University of California, Berkeley, says the brain response changed with age.
In young children, music and speech caused about the same level of response in the brain.
But by adolescence, speech was getting much more attention.
Hamilton says the research could explain why children with conditions including ADHD have more difficulty focusing on speech in a noisy environment.
Researchers studied the brains of 51 children and young adults as they watched a movie clip that contained both music and dialogue.
Liberty Hamilton of the University of California, Berkeley, says the brain response changed with age.
In young children, music and speech caused about the same level of response in the brain.
But by adolescence, speech was getting much more attention.
Hamilton says the research could explain why children with conditions including ADHD have more difficulty focusing on speech in a noisy environment.