ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Tapping to Music Predicts Literacy Skills of First-Grade Children.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Linking spontaneous speech synchronization and cognitive abilities: evidence from a syllable-timed language.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Rhythmic skills mediate the link between music training and cognition via attention and phonological processing.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Rhythm Processing Across Development: Origins, Links to Language Processing, and Perspectives for Intervention.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- Neural entrainment to the beat and working memory predict sensorimotor synchronization skills.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of a phonics-integrated music rhythm intervention on reading fluency and accuracy with children.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Keeping time: How musical training may boost cognition.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- First school year tapping predicts children's third-grade literacy skills.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Studying rhythm processing in speech through the lens of auditory-motor synchronization.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
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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 (
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