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Corrigendum: Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits
Yanping Sun1, Chuanning Sun2, Chang Li3
1Department of Applied Psychology, College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1363562.].
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