Individual Differences in Singing Behavior during Childhood Predicts Language Performance during Adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5900968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Markus Christiner (0000-0003-3875-7191, University of Graz, corresponding author), Valdis Bernhofs (0000-0001-6845-2773, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music), Christine Gro (0000-0002-0506-7963, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 72 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages7020072 |
| OpenAlex | W4229082221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 75 |
Research on singing and language abilities has gained considerable interest in the past decade. While several studies about singing ability and language capacity have been published, investigations on individual differences in singing behavior during childhood and its relationship to language capacity in adulthood have largely been neglected. We wanted to focus our study on whether individuals who had sung more often during childhood than their peers were also better in language and music capacity during adulthood. We used questionnaires to assess singing behavior of adults during childhood and tested them for their singing ability, their music perception skills, and their ability to perceive and pronounce unfamiliar languages. The results have revealed that the more often individuals had sung during childhood, the better their singing ability and language pronunciation skills were, while the amount of childhood singing was less predictive on music and language perception skills. We suggest that the amount of singing during childhood seems to influence the ability to sing and the ability to acquire foreign language pronunciation later in adulthood
Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Linguistics · Perception · Pronunciation · Singing · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Voice and Speech Disorders
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |