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Perception of strong-meter and weak-meter rhythms in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

TALAR HOPYAN ,
E. GLENN SCHELLENBERG  and
MAUREEN DENNIS
TALAR HOPYAN*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E. GLENN SCHELLENBERG
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MAUREEN DENNIS
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Talar Hopyan, Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8. E-mail: t.hopyan@utoronto.ca
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Abstract

Neurodevelopmental disorders such as spina bifida meningomyelocele (SBM) are often associated with dysrhythmic movement. We studied rhythm discrimination in 21 children with SBM and in 21 age-matched controls, with the research question being whether both groups showed a strong-meter advantage whereby rhythm discrimination is better for rhythms with a strong-meter, in which onsets of longer intervals occurred on the beat, than those with a weak-meter, in which onsets of longer intervals occurred off the beat. Compared to controls, the SBM group was less able to discriminate strong-meter rhythms, although they performed comparably in discriminating weak-meter rhythms. The attenuated strong-meter advantage in children with SBM shows that their rhythm deficits occur at the level of both perception and action, and may represent a central processing disruption of the brain mechanisms for rhythm. (JINS, 2009, 15, 521–528.)

Keywords

Neurodevelopmental disordersMovement disorderMotor regulationPerceptionSpina bifidaCerebellum
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Research Articles
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 521 - 528
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2009

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