Re the age thing, I have been playing an instrument from an early age which I think is why I cannot avoid hearing a beat. I've also therefore developed the tools to articulate that beat, eg I'll do a really tiny beating of the time with my hand when I am first trying to understand it, because I know how the hand moves when it's beating in time. So I think it has a part to play. In terms of my theory about convincing yourself that you can't hear the beat, imo the student will have had a long time to reiterate in her mind that idea that she can't hear the beat, so age embeds that idea further, so being older could increase that
(btw, I was thinking the other day that I didn't want anyone to thing I am saying the not being able to hear the beat isn't 'real'. I think everything we do or 'can't' do comes down to our belief system. So all the positive as well as the negative stems from this same place, so I'm not saying one iota that it is 'just in her mind' in a derogatory sense; everything is just in our minds. If that makes any sense...)
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