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Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid; Igualada, Alfonso; Prieto, Pilar – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Iconic and pointing gestures are important precursors of children's early language and cognitive development. While beat gestures seem to have positive effects on the recall of information by preschoolers, little is known about the potential beneficial effects of observing beat gestures on the development of children's narrative performance. We…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Nonverbal Communication, Young Children, Observation
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Lee, Yune S.; Ahn, Sanghoon; Holt, Rachael Frush; Schellenberg, E. Glenn – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Scholars debate whether musical and linguistic abilities are associated or independent. In the present study, we examined whether musical rhythm skills predict receptive grammar proficiency in childhood. In Experiment 1, 7- to 17-year-old children (N = 68) were tested on their grammar and rhythm abilities. In the grammar-comprehension task,…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Grammar, Task Analysis, Phrase Structure