Preschoolers who synchronize well to a beat outscore poor synchronizers on phonological awareness, auditory short-term memory, and rapid automatized naming¶
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q3 i3 Synchronizers scored higher than Non-synchronizers on phonological awareness (ηp2 = 0.175), auditory short-term memory (ηp2 = 0.050), and rapid automatized naming (ηp2 = 0.053). → Silvia Bonacina 2021
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Silvia Bonacina 2021¶
Silvia Bonacina, Stephanie Huang, Travis White-Schwoch, Jennifer Krizman, Trent Nicol and Nina Kraus. (2021). Rhythm, reading, and sound processing in the brain in preschool children. npj Science of Learning 6:20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00097-5
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One-way ANOVAs comparing synchronization groups on preliteracy measures, with sex as covariate; phonological awareness administered to a subset of 108 of 156 participants. The article reports "phonological awareness ( F(1,55) = 11.680, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.175)" and auditory short-term memory F(1,91) = 4.773, p = 0.031.
"“Synchronizers” scored higher than “Non-synchronizers” on all of the preliteracy skills that were evaluated. The preliteracy skills included phonological awareness ( F(1,55) = 11.680, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.175), auditory short-term memory ( F(1,91) = 4.773, p = 0.031, ηp2 = 0.050), and rapid automatized naming"
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Preschoolers who synchronize well to a beat outscore poor synchronizers on phonological awareness, auditory short-term memory, and rapid automatized naming |
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Preschoolers who synchronize well to a beat outscore poor synchronizers on phonological awareness, auditory short-term memory, and rapid automatized naming |
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