Music, rhythm, rise time perception and developmental dyslexia: Perception of musical meter predicts reading and phonology
CortexPublished 6 August 2010
Martina Huss, John P. Verney, Tim Fosker, Natasha Mead, Usha Goswami
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It is shown that individual differences in the perception of amplitude envelope rise time are linked to musical meetrical sensitivity, and that musical metrical sensitivity predicts PA and reading development, accounting for over 60% of variance in reading along with age and I.Q.
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The accurate perception of metrical structure may be critical for phonological development and consequently for the development of literacy. Difficulties in metrical processing are associated with basic auditory rise time processing difficulties, suggesting a primary sensory impairment in developmental dyslexia in tracking the lower-frequency modulations in the speech envelope.
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