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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Auditory Processing

Background:

  • Extensive research links rhythm processing in music and speech.
  • Shared cognitive and neural mechanisms suggest transfer effects.
  • Current research needs to extend to early infancy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review empirical evidence of rhythm processing in adults and children.
  • Summarize new evidence in early infancy, particularly in prematurely born infants.
  • Present longitudinal studies on rhythm processing in full-term infants.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of rhythm processing research.
  • Analysis of experimental data from infants, including premature and full-term.
  • Longitudinal tracking of rhythm processing development up to age 5.

Main Results:

  • Rhythm processing in music and speech shares cognitive and neural correlates.
  • Prematurely born infants offer insights into early neurodevelopment of rhythm processing.
  • Longitudinal data tracks rhythm processing in infants for nonverbal and speech materials.

Conclusions:

  • Motivates research into interindividual differences in infant rhythm processing.
  • Highlights potential diagnostic value for typical and atypical development.
  • Supports early rhythm-based training interventions to mitigate developmental issues.