The Ability to Tap to a Beat Relates to Cognitive, Linguistic, and Perceptual Skills
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| Title: | The Ability to Tap to a Beat Relates to Cognitive, Linguistic, and Perceptual Skills |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Tierney, Adam T., Kraus, Nina |
| Source: | Brain and Language. Mar 2013 124(3):225-231. |
| Availability: | Elsevier. 3251 Riverport Lane, Maryland Heights, MO 63043. Tel: 800-325-4177; Tel: 314-447-8000; Fax: 314-447-8033; e-mail: JournalCustomerService-usa@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Executive Function, Auditory Perception, Reading Ability, Correlation, Adolescents, Motor Reactions, Psychomotor Skills, Prediction, Performance, Reading Improvement, Cognitive Processes, Training |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.12.014 |
| ISSN: | 0093-934X |
| Abstract: | Reading-impaired children have difficulty tapping to a beat. Here we tested whether this relationship between reading ability and synchronized tapping holds in typically-developing adolescents. We also hypothesized that tapping relates to two other abilities. First, since auditory-motor synchronization requires monitoring of the relationship between motor output and auditory input, we predicted that subjects better able to tap to the beat would perform better on attention tests. Second, since auditory-motor synchronization requires fine temporal precision within the auditory system for the extraction of a sound's onset time, we predicted that subjects better able to tap to the beat would be less affected by backward masking, a measure of temporal precision within the auditory system. As predicted, tapping performance related to reading, attention, and backward masking. These results motivate future research investigating whether beat synchronization training can improve not only reading ability, but potentially executive function and auditory processing as well. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2013 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1003522 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Reading-impaired children have difficulty tapping to a beat. Here we tested whether this relationship between reading ability and synchronized tapping holds in typically-developing adolescents. We also hypothesized that tapping relates to two other abilities. First, since auditory-motor synchronization requires monitoring of the relationship between motor output and auditory input, we predicted that subjects better able to tap to the beat would perform better on attention tests. Second, since auditory-motor synchronization requires fine temporal precision within the auditory system for the extraction of a sound's onset time, we predicted that subjects better able to tap to the beat would be less affected by backward masking, a measure of temporal precision within the auditory system. As predicted, tapping performance related to reading, attention, and backward masking. These results motivate future research investigating whether beat synchronization training can improve not only reading ability, but potentially executive function and auditory processing as well. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) |
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| ISSN: | 0093-934X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.12.014 |
