Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

Chang, Andrew; Li, Yao-Chuen; Chan, Jennifer; Dotov, Dobromir; Cairney, John; Trainor, Laurel J.

doi:10.1111/cdev.13537

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“…Chang et al . [102] hypothesized that children with DCD would show deficits in both auditory duration perception and auditory rhythm perception given evidence that the auditory system connects with the motor system to accomplish time perception. Using psychophysical methods, they found that, compared to TD children, those with DCD had poorer discrimination thresholds for detecting changes in the duration of single time intervals, and detecting the presence of non-isochrony in an otherwise isochronous tone sequence, while their pitch discrimination thresholds were relatively unaffected.…”

Section: Developmental Coordination Disordermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders

Lense

Ladányi

Rabinowitch

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Millions of children are impacted by neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), which unfold early in life, have varying genetic etiologies and can involve a variety of specific or generalized impairments in social, cognitive and motor functioning requiring potentially lifelong specialized supports. While specific disorders vary in their domain of primary deficit (e.g. autism spectrum disorder (social), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (attention), developmental coordination disorder (motor) and developmental language disorder (language)), comorbidities between NDDs are common. Intriguingly, many NDDs are associated with difficulties in skills related to rhythm, timing and synchrony though specific profiles of rhythm/timing impairments vary across disorders. Impairments in rhythm/timing may instantiate vulnerabilities for a variety of NDDs and may contribute to both the primary symptoms of each disorder as well as the high levels of comorbidities across disorders. Drawing upon genetic, neural, behavioural and interpersonal constructs across disorders, we consider how disrupted rhythm and timing skills early in life may contribute to atypical developmental cascades that involve overlapping symptoms within the context of a disorder's primary deficits. Consideration of the developmental context, as well as common and unique aspects of the phenotypes of different NDDs, will inform experimental designs to test this hypothesis including via potential mechanistic intervention approaches. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Synchrony and rhythm interaction: from the brain to behavioural ecology’.

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Section: Developmental Coordination Disordermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the auditory and motor systems are intimately connected, little research has investigated auditory time and rhythm perception in DCD in the absence of a motor task. Chang et al [102] hypothesized that children with DCD royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rstb Phil. Trans.…”

Section: Developmental Coordination Disordermentioning

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Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders

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“…Impaired timing mechanisms also often co-occur in developmental disorders that are frequently characterized by speech and language impairments (see Lense et al, in press, for a review). Timing impairments have been observed, for example, in Autism Spectrum Disorder (Duffield et al, 2013; Green et al, 2009; Hardy & LaGasse, 2013; Isaksson et al, 2018; Morimoto et al, 2018; Mostofsky et al, 2009; Rinehart et al, 2001; Tryfon et al, 2017), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Hove et al, 2017; Noreika et al, 2013; Puyjarinet et al, 2017; Rubia et al, 1999; Shapiro & Huang-Pollock, 2019; Slater & Tate, 2018; Valera et al, 2010; Zelaznik et al, 2012), and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; Chang et al, 2021; Rosenblum & Regev, 2013; Trainor et al, 2018). In the adult-focused brain pathology literature, comorbid timing deficits have also been observed linked to basal ganglia dysfunction/impairments, such as in Parkinson’s disease and patients with basal ganglia lesions (Kotz et al, 2005; Kotz & Gunter, 2015).…”

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Processing rhythm in speech and music: Shared mechanisms and implications for developmental speech and language disorders.

Fiveash¹,

Bedoin²,

Gordon³

et al. 2021

Neuropsychology

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Objective: Music 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. Method: In 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. Results: We propose the processing rhythm in speech and music (PRISM) framework, which outlines three underlying mechanisms that appear to be shared across music and speech/language processing: Precise auditory processing, synchronization/entrainment of neural oscillations to external stimuli, and sensorimotor coupling. The goal of this framework is to inform directions for future research that integrate cognitive and biological evidence for relationships between rhythm processing in music and speech. Conclusion: The 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.

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“…In the cognitive domain, early rhythm perception abilities have been linked to grammar abilities (Gordon et al, 2015). Music trainingspecifically, rhythmic trainingis proposed to be a potentially viable Children and Groove 4 intervention for children with developmental disorders (Chang et al, 2021;Lense & Camarata, 2020;Wiens & Gordon, 2018). Proposed interventions often focus on strengthening time perception mechanisms via encouraging musical movements.…”

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“…Identifying types of music that facilitate temporally correspondent movements and ultimately, synchronization, has important implications on rhythmic intervention programs. For example, training children to move in synchrony to musical rhythms is proposed as one pathway to remediate language skills, coordination skills, and social skills for children with deficits (Chang et al, 2021;Lense & Camarata, 2020;Wiens & Gordon, 2018). More generally, moving synchronously to music with others can help toddlers and young children forge social connections with their movement partners (Cirelli et al, 2018).…”

Section: Children and Groove 17mentioning

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Musical groove shapes children's free dancing

Kragness¹,

Anderseon²,

Chow³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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The drive to move to music is evident across a variety of contexts, from the simple urge to tap our toe to a song on the radio, to massive crowds dancing in time at a rock concert. Though seemingly effortless, beat synchronization is difficult to master and children are often poor beat synchronizers. Nevertheless, auditory-motor integration is fundamental for many daily processes, such as speech. A topic that has been relatively understudied concerns how stimulus properties affect young children’s movement in responses to auditory stimuli. In the present study, we examined how musical groove (adult-rated desire to move) affected 3.0- to 6.9-year-old children’s free dancing in the comfort of their home (n = 78). In the high groove conditions, children danced more often and with more energy compared to the low groove conditions. Moreover, in the high groove condition, children’s movement tempos corresponded better with the tempos of the music. Results point to early childhood sensitivity to the musical features that motivate adults to move to music. High groove music may therefore prove especially effective at facilitating early auditory-motor integration.

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Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

Cited by 18 publications

References 100 publications

Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders

Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders

Processing rhythm in speech and music: Shared mechanisms and implications for developmental speech and language disorders.

Musical groove shapes children's free dancing

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