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A study showed that children who play a musical instrument score higher on tests of spatial reasoning. The researchers concluded that the process of learning to read and play music develops the brain's spatial processing centers.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the researchers' conclusion?
- Children who are naturally strong in spatial reasoning are more likely to be drawn to music programs and to thrive in them.
- Many of the children in the study were simultaneously enrolled in advanced mathematics and science courses.
- Playing an instrument calls for a high degree of fine motor coordination and sustained discipline.
- The study focused on children between the ages of 6 and 12, a window of rapid brain development.
- Learning music is the single most powerful way to improve a child's spatial reasoning.
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