Background
Studies have found an association between these two variables
Music and Language
Demographic factor relating to a participant's first language
Native vs Non-native
The association being observed in this study
Rhythm and Prosody
The eligibility requirements for participating in the study
1. Over 18 years old
2. Speak English fluently
Often used as participants in research due to the fact that language development occurs early
Infants/Children
Demographic factor relating to different stages of life and language development
Age
Prosody measures this
Speech Rhythm
Name of the rhythm task used for the study
Swedish Music Discrimination Test
Type of training shown to improve performance on language tests
Musical Training
Percent of subjects that were non-native speakers of English
7%
A language characteristic referring to the stress and inflections placed on syllables when speaking
Prosody
Social Media Platform used to recruit participants
Children with this disorder perform worse on rhythm and melody tasks
Dyslexia
Time at which subjects answered the demographic questionnaire
At the end of the survey procedure
A music measure commonly tested using a discrimination task
Online Musicality Study
The result from my lab's study in 2014 studying rhythm and grammar in children
Rhythm was positively associated with grammar skills in children with typical language development
Languages besides English that show evidence on a music-language association
French and Japanese
Evaluated in common tests for prosody
Rise Time Sensitivity
Participants listened to a word and indicated the stressed syllable