ArticleFrontiers in psychology2016
Beat Perception and Sociability: Evidence from Williams Syndrome.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Identifying a brain network for musical rhythm: A functional neuroimaging meta-analysis and systematic review.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Music and Language in Williams Syndrome: An Integrative and Systematic Mini-Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Using Motor Tempi to Understand Rhythm and Grammatical Skills in Developmental Language Disorder and Typical Language Development.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Annual Research Review: The contributions of the RDoC research framework on understanding the neurodevelopmental origins, progression and treatment of mental illnesses.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Review
- Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- A neurodevelopmental disorders perspective into music, social attention, and social bonding.The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2021Article
- Rhythm in speech and animal vocalizations: a cross-species perspective.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2019Review
- Williams Syndrome and Music: A Systematic Integrative Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Survey of the Home Music Environment of Children with Various Developmental Profiles.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
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Abstract
Beat perception in music has been proposed to be a human universal that may have its origins in adaptive processes involving temporal entrainment such as social communication and interaction. We examined beat perception skills in individuals with Williams syndrome (WS), a genetic, neurodevelopmental disorder. Musical interest and hypersociability are two prominent aspects of the WS phenotype although actual musical and social skills are variable. On a group level, beat and meter perception skills were poorer in WS than in age-matched peers though there was significant individual variability. Cognitive ability, sound processing style, and musical training predicted beat and meter perception performance in WS. Moreover, we found significant relationships between beat and meter perception and adaptive communication and socialization skills in WS. Results have implications for understanding the role of predictive timing in both music and social interactions in the general population, and suggest music as a promising avenue for addressing social communication difficulties in WS.
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