When fingers start tapping, the music must be striking a chord
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 21:30
in Psychology & Sociology
According to a psychologist, understanding how people follow a musical beat could be revealing how children master one of the most complex tasks of all -- speech. Earlier research showed that adults who stutter have problems in acquiring new and unusual tapping sequences and not just speech. The research suggests an underlying neural basis for the motor deficit.