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The statements are:

- \( p \): Listening to classical music makes infants smarter.
- \( q \): Subliminal advertising makes you buy things.
- \( r \): Sigmund Freud’s father was not 20 years older than his mother.
- \( s \): Humans and bananas do not share approximately 60% of the same DNA structure.

Each statement is said to be false according to the problem.

You are asked to express each symbolic statement in words and analyze the verbal statement for the specific expression \(\neg p\) (which means "not \( p \)" in logic).

### 1. Understanding \( \neg p \):
- \( p \) is: "Listening to classical music makes infants smarter."
- \( \neg p \) (the negation of \( p \)) would therefore mean:
  
  "It is **not true** that listening to classical music makes infants smarter," or simply, "Listening to classical music **does not** make infants smarter."

This is the answer for \(\neg p\).

Would you like more detailed reasoning or have any questions? 

Here are some additional questions to consider:

1. How do we form negations of other symbolic statements (\(q\), \(r\), \(s\))?
2. What is the role of logic symbols in forming negations in general?
3. How does the truth value of a statement change after negation?
4. What are some real-world examples where negations are important in logical reasoning?
5. How do compound statements work in propositional logic (e.g., combining \(\neg p\) and \(q\))?

**Tip**: In logic, when dealing with negations, always carefully read the original statement and reverse its truth meaning clearly.

Use these representations to express each symbolic statement in words. What can you conclude about the resulting verbal statement?

Learn how to express symbolic statements and their negations in propositional logic. The problem involves negating statements like 'Listening to classical music makes infants smarter' and 'Subliminal advertising makes you buy things.' Understand the logical operations behind each symbolic representation. Suitable for Grades 10-12.

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