Dyslexia and music: measuring musical timing skills

摘要: Over the last few decades, a growing amount of research has suggested that dyslexics have particular difficulties with skills involving accurate or rapid timing, including musical timing skills. It been hypothesised music training may be able to remediate such difficulties, and positive effect on fundamental perceptual are important in development language literacy (Overy, 2000). In order explore this hypothesis further, nature extent dyslexics’ need examined more detail. present study, collection aptitude tests (MATs) were designed specifically for dyslexic children, distinguish between variety sub-skills. 15 children (age 7–11, mean age 9.0) 11 control 7–10, 8.9) tested MATs, their scores compared. Results showed group scored higher than 3 pitch (possibly attributable slightly greater experience), but lower 7 out 9 Particular noted one temporal processing, which subgroup 5 (33%) (mean 8.4) was found account all significant error. Also, an interesting correlation spelling ability skill tapping rhythm song, both involve syllable segmentation. These results support suggestions is difficulty area suggest