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Curious Kids: Why do old people hate new music?

  • Written by Frank T. McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
For many older people, today's music goes in one ear and out the other.Shutterstock.com/photograph.kiev

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Why do old people hate new music? – Holly L., age 14, Belmont, Mass.

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