Using individual differences approaches, a growing body of literature finds positive
associations between musicality and language-related abilities, complementing prior …

Despite evolutionary musicology's interdisciplinary nature, and the diverse methods it
employs, the field has nevertheless tended to divide into two main positions. Some argue …

Abstract Temporal accounts of Developmental Dyslexia (DD) postulate that a timing
impairment plays an important role in this learning disorder. However, DD has been …

A dynamic interplay exists between Internally-Based (IBT) and Externally-Cued (ECT) time
processing. While IBT processes support the self-generation of context-independent …

Musical instrument training has been linked to improved academic and cognitive abilities in
children, but it remains unclear why this occurs. Moreover, access to instrument training is …

Research on the evolution of human speech and phonology benefits from the comparative
approach: structural, spectral, and temporal features can be extracted and compared across …

There is mounting evidence for links between musical rhythm processing and reading‐
related cognitive skills, such as phonological awareness. This may be because music and …

To extract meaningful information from complex auditory scenes like a noisy playground,
rock concert, or classroom, children can direct attention to different sound streams. One …

Research has shown that regular rhythmic primes improve grammaticality judgments of
subsequently presented sentences compared with irregular rhythmic primes. In the …

In this overview, we discuss the internal and external environmental factors associated with
cognitive and psycho-emotional well-being in the context of physical activity and Mindful …