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Jolyanne Le Duc1, Philippe Fournier1, Sylvie Hébert1

  • 1School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de MontréalMontréal, QC, Canada; BRAMS, International Laboratory for Research on Brain, Music, and Sound, Université de MontréalMontréal, QC, Canada; CRIUGM, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de MontréalMontréal, QC, Canada.

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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