ReviewNeuropsychology2021
Processing rhythm in speech and music: Shared mechanisms and implications for developmental speech and language disorders.
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- A Proof-of-Concept Study of Gamified Rhythmic Training in Preadolescents Who Stutter.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Trial
- Distinct Rhythmic Competencies Identified via Internet-Based Assessment.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Duration, but not intensity cues, facilitate synchronization to complex rhythms.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2026Article
- Genome-wide investigation of prosody perception: Shared genetic influences between speech rhythm, musical rhythm, and reading traits.HGG advances · 2026Article
- Universal and Cross-Cultural Variations in Audio-Motor Synchronization Between French and Indian Participants.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Processing speed deficits: A missing link in understanding individual variation in children's interval timing skills?Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Polyrhythms in the Brain: Metrical Priming, Acoustic Balance, and Perceptual Biases.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Linking spontaneous speech synchronization and cognitive abilities: evidence from a syllable-timed language.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Words and Meters: Neural Evidence for a Connection Between Individual Differences in Statistical Learning and Rhythmic Ability in Infancy.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Rhythm Processing Across Development: Origins, Links to Language Processing, and Perspectives for Intervention.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- A Preschool Rhythm and Movement Intervention: RCT Evidence for Improved Social and Behavioral Development.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Music speaks louder than lyrics: a conceptual priming experiment.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Review
- Computational modeling of rhythmic expectations: Perspectives, pitfalls, and prospects.PLoS computational biology · 2025Review
- Neural ensembles for music production recruit more language instruments as rhythmic complexity increases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Eye blinks synchronize with musical beats during music listening.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Neural Discrimination of Temporal Patterns-Associations to Dyslexia Risk, Language Abilities, and Music Activities.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Temporal Predictions in Music and Language: The Case of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Audio-Visual Entrainment Neuromodulation: A Review of Technical and Functional Aspects.Brain sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveMusic and speech are complex signals containing regularities in how they unfold in time. Similarities between music and speech/language in terms of their auditory features, rhythmic structure, and hierarchical structure have led to a large body of literature suggesting connections between the two domains. However, the precise underlying mechanisms behind this connection remain to be elucidated.
methodIn this theoretical review article, we synthesize previous research and present a framework of potentially shared neural mechanisms for music and speech rhythm processing. We outline structural similarities of rhythmic signals in music and speech, synthesize prominent music and speech rhythm theories, discuss impaired timing in developmental speech and language disorders, and discuss music rhythm training as an additional, potentially effective therapeutic tool to enhance speech/language processing in these disorders.
resultsWe propose the
conclusionThe current framework can be used as a basis to investigate potential links between observed timing deficits in developmental disorders, impairments in the proposed mechanisms, and pathology-specific deficits which can be targeted in treatment and training supporting speech therapy outcomes. On these grounds, we propose future research directions and discuss implications of our framework. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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