Auditory temporal structure processing in dyslexia: processing of prosodic phrase boundaries is not impaired in children with dyslexia

Annals of Dyslexia
Eveline GeiserJohn D E Gabrieli

Abstract

Reading disability in children with dyslexia has been proposed to reflect impairment in auditory timing perception. We investigated one aspect of timing perception--temporal grouping--as present in prosodic phrase boundaries of natural speech, in age-matched groups of children, ages 6-8 years, with and without dyslexia. Prosodic phrase boundaries are characterized by temporal grouping of functionally related speech elements and can facilitate syntactic processing of speech. For example, temporary syntactic ambiguities, such as early-closure structures, are processed faster when prosodic phrase boundaries are present. We examined children's prosodic facilitation by measuring their efficiency of sentence processing for temporary syntactic ambiguities spoken with (facilitating) versus without (neutral) prosodic phrase boundaries. Both groups of children benefited similarly from prosodic facilitation, displaying faster reaction times in facilitating compared to neutral prosody. These findings indicate that the use of prosodic phrase boundaries for speech processing is not impaired in children with dyslexia.

References

Dec 1, 1991·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·P J PriceC Fong
Jan 1, 1990·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·B F Pennington
Apr 1, 1990·British Journal of Urology·B J JenkinsJ P Blandy
Aug 22, 1990·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·S E ShaywitzM D Escobar
Jul 1, 1988·Cognition·J MehlerC Amiel-Tison
Mar 1, 1973·Biomedical Engineering·Y G LogachevO P Mitrofanov
Aug 1, 1994·Journal of Speech and Hearing Research·D Snow
Jun 1, 1993·Child Development·P W JusczykN J Redanz
Feb 1, 1997·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice·F R KaufmanN D Kaufman
Apr 9, 1999·Nature Neuroscience·K SteinhauerA D Friederici
Aug 26, 1999·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·P W Jusczyk
Apr 6, 2000·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·A GallagherM J Snowling
Nov 30, 2000·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·E TempleJ D Gabrieli
Sep 11, 2001·Cerebral Cortex·R J Zatorre, P Belin
Feb 19, 2002·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Robert J. ZatorreVirginia B. Penhune
Mar 5, 2002·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. A, Human Experimental Psychology·Matthew J Traxler
Oct 19, 2002·Behavioural Brain Research·April A Benasich, Paula Tallal
Nov 13, 2004·Psychological Bulletin·Dorothy V M Bishop, Margaret J Snowling
Jan 22, 2005·Journal of Child Language·Bill WellsNata Goulandris
Feb 11, 2005·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience·Frédéric IselAngela D Friederici
May 3, 2006·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Lyn FrazierCharles Clifton
Mar 3, 2007·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·Charles CliftonLyn Frazier
Dec 3, 2008·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·Kathleen H Corriveau, Usha Goswami
Dec 23, 2008·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·Eveline GeiserMartin Meyer
Dec 25, 2008·International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders·C R MarshallH K J van der Lely
Feb 5, 2009·Journal of Memory and Language·Jesse Snedeker
Sep 17, 2010·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·Martina HussUsha Goswami
Jan 1, 2010·Language and Cognitive Processes·Michael Wagner, Duane G Watson
Jan 31, 2012·Language and Cognitive Processes·Eun-Kyung Lee, Duane G Watson
Aug 21, 2012·Cognition·Chie NakamuraReiko Mazuka
Jan 1, 2000·Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies·Thierry NazziAnn Marie Jusczyk

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Auditory Perception

Auditory perception is the ability to receive and interpret information attained by the ears. Here is the latest research on factors and underlying mechanisms that influence auditory perception.