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Chobert, Julie; Marie, Celine; Francois, Clement; Schon, Daniele; Besson, Mireille – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of musical expertise in 9-year-old children on passive (as reflected by MMN) and active (as reflected by discrimination accuracy) processing of speech sounds. Musician and nonmusician children were presented with a sequence of syllables that included standards and deviants in vowel frequency,…
Descriptors: Syllables, Children, Musicians, Speech
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Goswami, Usha; Wang, H.-L. Sharon; Cruz, Alicia; Fosker, Tim; Mead, Natasha; Huss, Martina – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011
Studies in sensory neuroscience reveal the critical importance of accurate sensory perception for cognitive development. There is considerable debate concerning the possible sensory correlates of "phonological processing", the primary cognitive risk factor for developmental dyslexia. Across languages, children with dyslexia have a specific…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, English, Spanish, Chinese