Relations among musical skills, phonological processing, and early reading ability in preschool children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-130

  Anvari, Sima H ^a   Trainor, Laurel J ^a   Woodside, Jennifer ^a   Levy, Betty Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory processes; Development; Music; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PHONETICS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036782598     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(02)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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