Rhythmic behaviour is ubiquitous in both human and non-human animals, but it is unclear
whether the cognitive mechanisms underlying the specific rhythmic behaviours observed in …

Sensorimotor synchronization (SMS), the coordination of physical actions in time with a
rhythmic sequence, is a skill that is necessary not only for kee** the beat when making …

Humans have a remarkable capacity for perceiving and producing rhythm. Rhythmic
competence is often viewed as a single concept, with participants who perform more or less …

The relationship between musical and linguistic skills has received particular attention in
infants and school-aged children. However, very little is known about pre-schoolers. This …

Children and adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) fail in simple tasks
like telling whether two sounds have different durations, or in reproducing single durations …

Isochrony is crucial to the rhythm of human music. Some neural, behavioral and anatomical
traits underlying rhythm perception and production are shared with a broad range of …

Most music is temporally organized within a metrical hierarchy, having nested periodic
patterns that give rise to the experience of stronger (downbeat) and weaker (upbeat) events …

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

Humans can easily extract the rhythm of a complex sound, like music, and move to its
regular beat, like in dance. These abilities are modulated by musical training and vary …

Rhythmic skills are natural and widespread in the general population. The majority can track
the beat of music and move along with it. These abilities are meaningful from a cognitive …