ArticleNature human behaviour2025
The shared genetic architecture and evolution of human language and musical rhythm.
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- Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Rhythm training improves word-reading in children with dyslexia.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Distinct Rhythmic Competencies Identified via Internet-Based Assessment.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Genome-wide investigation of prosody perception: Shared genetic influences between speech rhythm, musical rhythm, and reading traits.HGG advances · 2026Article
- Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans.Science advances · 2026Article
- Transcriptomics and functional genomics implicate WNT3 in hemispheric lateralization of speech production.iScience · 2026Article
- Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Genetic underpinnings of chills from art and music.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- Rhythm Processing Across Development: Origins, Links to Language Processing, and Perspectives for Intervention.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- GWAS of Active Music Engagement Frequency in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Research square · 2026Article
- Genomic Investigations of Spoken and Written Language Abilities: A Guide to Advances in Approaches, Technologies, and Discovery.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Review
- Children's Improvement After Language and Rhythm Training With the Digital Medical Device Poppins for Dyslexia: Single-Arm Intervention Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Spectrotemporal Modulation Sensitivity in Speech and Melody Processing Among Mandarin Speakers.Ear and hearingArticle
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This study aimed to test theoretical predictions over biological underpinnings of previously documented phenotypic correlations between human language-related and musical rhythm traits. Here, after identifying significant genetic correlations between rhythm, dyslexia and various language-related traits, we adapted multivariate methods to capture genetic signals common to genome-wide association studies of rhythm (N = 606,825) and dyslexia (N = 1,138,870). The results revealed 16 pleiotropic loci (P < 5 × 10
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