Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

Authors

Andrew Chang, McMaster University
Yao-Chuen Li, McMaster University
Jennifer F. Chan, McMaster University
Dobromir Dotov, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
John Cairney, University of Queensland
Laurel Trainor, McMaster University, Hamilton

Author ORCID Identifier

Dotov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5543-360X

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-27-2021

Abstract

Accurate time perception is crucial for hearing (speech, music) and action (walking, catching). Motor brain regions are recruited during auditory time perception. Therefore, the hypothesis was tested that children (age 6–7) at risk for developmental coordination disorder (rDCD), a neurodevelopmental disorder involving motor difficulties, would show nonmotor auditory time perception deficits. Psychophysical tasks confirmed that children with rDCD have poorer duration and rhythm perception than typically developing children (N = 47, d = 0.95–1.01). Electroencephalography showed delayed mismatch negativity or P3a event-related potential latency in response to duration or rhythm deviants, reflecting inefficient brain processing (N = 54, d = 0.71–0.95). These findings are among the first to characterize perceptual timing deficits in DCD, suggesting important theoretical and clinical implications.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Sage in Child Development on January 27, 2021, available online: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13537

Reuse restricted to noncommercial and no derivative uses.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13537

Journal Title

Child Development

Volume

2

Issue

5

First Page

e907

Last Page

e923

Recommended Citation

Chang A, Li Y-C, Chan JF, Dotov D, Cairney J, & Trainor L (2021). Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties. Child Development, 2(5), e907-e923. doi:10.1111/cdev.13537 https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13537