Pathway evidence of how musical perception predicts word-level reading ability in children with reading difficulties.
Cogo-Moreira, Hugo;
Brandão de Ávila, Clara Regina;
Ploubidis, George B;
de Jesus Mari, Jair;
(2013)
Pathway evidence of how musical perception predicts word-level reading ability in children with reading difficulties.
PloS one, 8 (12).
e84375-.
ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084375
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether specific domains of musical perception (temporal and melodic domains) predict the word-level reading skills of eight- to ten-year-old children (n = 235) with reading difficulties, normal quotient of intelligence, and no previous exposure to music education classes. METHOD: A general-specific solution of the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA), which underlies a musical perception construct and is constituted by three latent factors (the general, temporal, and the melodic domain), was regressed on word-level reading skills (rate of correct isolated words/non-words read per minute). RESULTS: General and melodic latent domains predicted word-level reading skills.
