The ability to tap to a beat relates to cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual skills

Brain and Language

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-231

  Tierney, Adam T ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory perception; Reading; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY MOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MASKING; MONITORING; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; READING; SKILL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 84873454496     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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