Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder
Abstract Recently reported links between rhythm and grammar processing have opened new perspectives for using rhythm in clinical interventions for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). Previous research using the rhythmic priming paradigm has shown improved performance on language tas...
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| author | Anna Fiveash Enikő Ladányi Julie Camici Karen Chidiac Catherine T. Bush Laure-Hélène Canette Nathalie Bedoin Reyna L. Gordon Barbara Tillmann |
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| description | Abstract Recently reported links between rhythm and grammar processing have opened new perspectives for using rhythm in clinical interventions for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). Previous research using the rhythmic priming paradigm has shown improved performance on language tasks after regular rhythmic primes compared to control conditions. However, this research has been limited to effects of rhythmic priming on grammaticality judgments. The current study investigated whether regular rhythmic primes could also benefit sentence repetition, a task requiring proficiency in complex syntax—an area of difficultly for children with DLD. Regular rhythmic primes improved sentence repetition performance compared to irregular rhythmic primes in children with DLD and with typical development—an effect that did not occur with a non-linguistic control task. These findings suggest processing overlap for musical rhythm and linguistic syntax, with implications for the use of rhythmic stimulation for treatment of children with DLD in clinical research and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cdcc5fb46ca40bf9ef5f3f6b5618e652023-07-16T11:10:08ZengNature Portfolionpj Science of Learning2056-79362023-07-01811810.1038/s41539-023-00170-1Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorderAnna Fiveash0Enikő Ladányi1Julie Camici2Karen Chidiac3Catherine T. Bush4Laure-Hélène Canette5Nathalie Bedoin6Reyna L. Gordon7Barbara Tillmann8Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterLyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterLyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterLyon Neuroscience Research Center, CNRS, UMR 5292, INSERM U1028Abstract Recently reported links between rhythm and grammar processing have opened new perspectives for using rhythm in clinical interventions for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). Previous research using the rhythmic priming paradigm has shown improved performance on language tasks after regular rhythmic primes compared to control conditions. However, this research has been limited to effects of rhythmic priming on grammaticality judgments. The current study investigated whether regular rhythmic primes could also benefit sentence repetition, a task requiring proficiency in complex syntax—an area of difficultly for children with DLD. Regular rhythmic primes improved sentence repetition performance compared to irregular rhythmic primes in children with DLD and with typical development—an effect that did not occur with a non-linguistic control task. These findings suggest processing overlap for musical rhythm and linguistic syntax, with implications for the use of rhythmic stimulation for treatment of children with DLD in clinical research and practice.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00170-1 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Fiveash Enikő Ladányi Julie Camici Karen Chidiac Catherine T. Bush Laure-Hélène Canette Nathalie Bedoin Reyna L. Gordon Barbara Tillmann Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder npj Science of Learning |
| title | Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_full | Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_fullStr | Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_short | Regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_sort | regular rhythmic primes improve sentence repetition in children with developmental language disorder |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00170-1 |
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