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Poor musical taste? Blame your upbringing

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The world that we hear shapes the music that we like.

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  1. McDermott, J. H., Schultz, A. F., Undurraga, E. A. & Godoy, R. A. Nature http://www.nature.com/uidfinder/10.1038/nature18635 (2016).

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