Relations between reading and musical abilities

Author(s): Valentine, E., West, R., Wilding, J.

Journal/Book: Br J Educ Psychol. 1989; 59: 253-7.

Abstract: In two studies, groups of children with a wide range of reading ability and including a high proportion of poor readers were given Bentley's musical ability battery. Scores on tonal memory and chord analysis were related significantly to reading age with chronological age and IQ partialled out. The implications of these findings for views about component skills involved in reading and listening to music are discussed.

Keyword(s): Child ; Memory Auditory Perception; Music ; Reading Female; Human; Male

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