(I) When we listen to music, electrical waves in our
brains synchronise to the tempo, but some people's
brains are better at synchronising to the beat. (II) Keith
Doelling at New York University and his team recorded
brainwaves of musicians and non-musicians as they
listened to music. (III) While both groups could
synchronise their brain waves to the rhythms,
non-musicians struggled to synchronise to particularly
slow music. (IV) Musical training might also help people
with dyslexia – a difficulty with reading and writing
caused by the brain's inability to see the difference
between some letter shapes. (V) Musicians can do
this, not because of their natural talent, but because
they have been trained to mentally subdivide music into
shorter sections