Children's engagement in music practice is associated with enhancements in literacy-
related language skills, as demonstrated by multiple reports of correlation across these two …

Developmental dyslexia is an unexplained inability to acquire accurate or fluent reading that
affects approximately 5–17% of children. Dyslexia is associated with structural and …

Achievement in different domains, such as academics, music, or visual arts, plays a central
role in all modern societies. Different psychological models aim to describe and explain …

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

In the last decade, important advances in the field of cognitive science, psychology, and
neuroscience have largely contributed to improve our knowledge on brain functioning. More …

Music and language engage similar processing mechanisms, including auditory processing
and higher cognitive functions, recruiting partially overlap** brain structures. It has been …

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of equivalence‐based
instruction (EBI) on learning to play individual notes and simple songs on the piano …

Phonological processing has been postulated as a core area of deficit among children with
dyslexia. Reduced brain activation during phonological processing in children with dyslexia …

Prior research studying the relationship between music training (MT) and more general
cognitive faculties, such as visuospatial working memory (VSWM), often fails to include tests …

Musical abilities, both in the pitch and temporal dimension, have been shown to be
positively associated with phonological awareness and reading abilities in both children and …