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| Title |
Music and Early Language Acquisition
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00327 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anthony Brandt, Molly Gebrian, L. Robert Slevc |
| Abstract |
Language is typically viewed as fundamental to human intelligence. Music, while recognized as a human universal, is often treated as an ancillary ability - one dependent on or derivative of language. In contrast, we argue that it is more productive from a developmental perspective to describe spoken language as a special type of music. A review of existing studies presents a compelling case that musical hearing and ability is essential to language acquisition. In addition, we challenge the prevailing view that music cognition matures more slowly than language and is more difficult; instead, we argue that music learning matches the speed and effort of language acquisition. We conclude that music merits a central place in our understanding of human development. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 62 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 11% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 23 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 50 | 81% |
| Scientists | 7 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 600 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1% |
| Spain | 5 | <1% |
| France | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 2% |
| Unknown | 560 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 103 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 87 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 84 | 14% |
| Researcher | 53 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 126 | 21% |
| Unknown | 119 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 145 | 24% |
| Linguistics | 79 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 75 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 52 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 39 | 7% |
| Other | 74 | 12% |
| Unknown | 136 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 142. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2023.
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