Music, sense of rhythm and linguistic abilities

Oracolo

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February 21, 2014, 23:28

Music, sense of rhythm and linguistic abilities

http://www.lescienze.it/news/2013/09/18/news/musica_ritmo_linguaggio_parlato-1813249/?fb_action_ids=192710437605669&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[500440346710911]&action_type_map=[%22og.recommends%22]&action_ref_map=[]

It seems that the sense of rhythm is closely connected to the understanding of spoken language...

Recently I read a topic (which I cannot find) and maybe it might be of interest

Bianca

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City: Torino

February 24, 2014, 19:42

Even for numbers, the sense of rhythm is important...

In certain clinical cases, a correlation between music and language is highlighted, but on the other hand, the opposite is also true, meaning there are cases in which musical faculties (including rhythmic ones) are maintained even when verbal ones have been lost. The issue, besides being very interesting, is still very intricate...