Auditory temporal-regularity processing correlates with language and literacy skill in early adulthood

This work tests the hypothesis that language skill depends on the ability to incorporate streams of sound into an accurate temporal framework. We tested the ability of young English-speaking adults to process single time intervals and rhythmic sequences of such intervals, hypothesized to be relevant...

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Published inCognitive Neuroscience: Special Section: Cognitive Neuroscience of Alzheimer's disease Vol. 4; no. 3-4; pp. 225 - 230
Main Authors Grube, Manon, Cooper, Freya E., Griffiths, Timothy D.
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LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.12.2013
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Auditory timing
Beat
Language
Reading
Regularity
Rhythm
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Summary:This work tests the hypothesis that language skill depends on the ability to incorporate streams of sound into an accurate temporal framework. We tested the ability of young English-speaking adults to process single time intervals and rhythmic sequences of such intervals, hypothesized to be relevant to the analysis of the temporal structure of language. The data implicate a specific role for the ability to process beat-based temporal regularities in phonological language and literacy skill.
ISSN:1758-8928
1758-8936
DOI:10.1080/17588928.2013.825236