Tapping to Music Predicts Literacy Skills of First-Grade Children.

ABSTRACT: The ability to synchronise one's movements to the sound of a regular beat has been found to be associated with children's language and reading abilities. Sensorimotor synchronisation or tapping performance can among other factors [e.g., working memory and rapid automatized naming (RAN)] predict phonological awareness and word reading accuracy and fluency of first graders. While tapping tasks that use a simple metronome sound are more often used, applying musical stimuli has the potential advantage of being more engaging and motivating for children. In the present study, we investigated whether tapping to a metronome beat or complex musical stimuli would predict phonological awareness and reading outcomes of Hungarian 6-7-year olds (N=37). We also measured participants' general cogni

SUBMITTER: Kertesz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524048 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature