Some studies have reported a link between reading-related skills and musical rhythmic abilities, highlighting the potential of music-based intervention methods for reading development.
A tablet-based rhythm-assessment app was developed and deployed in kindergarten classrooms in New England with a battery of pre-literacy assessments. Results from over a hundred children indicate a significant positive association between rhythm discrimination and early literacy skills. The potential application of the app in cross-cultural and neuroscience research will be discussed.
Ola Ozernov-Palchik, M.S., is a fourth-year doctoral student in the interdisciplinary cognitive science and applied child development program at Tufts University. Ola conducts research at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital on the cognitive and neural mechanisms of reading development... Read More →
Tuesday August 1, 2017 4:20pm - 4:30pm EDT
Room 104
