Musical Interests and Abilities in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Lense, Miriam D.; Dykens, Elisabeth M.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-386495-6.00008-4

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“…Greater singing impairment on the pitch versus temporal dimension is commonly seen in amusia, as not all amusics exhibit temporal impairments (Tremblay-Champoux et al, 2010). Interestingly, rhythm abilities have been cast as a relative strength in WS (Levitin and Bellugi, 1998; Lense and Dykens, 2011). The one prior study using psychoacoustic analysis of singing abilities in WS found that their temporal variability did not differ from that of TD participants (Martinez-Castilla and Sotillo, 2008).…”

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(A)musicality in Williams syndrome: examining relationships among auditory perception, musical skill, and emotional responsiveness to music

Lense¹,

Shivers²,

Dykens³

2013

Front. Psychol.

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Williams syndrome (WS), a genetic, neurodevelopmental disorder, is of keen interest to music cognition researchers because of its characteristic auditory sensitivities and emotional responsiveness to music. However, actual musical perception and production abilities are more variable. We examined musicality in WS through the lens of amusia and explored how their musical perception abilities related to their auditory sensitivities, musical production skills, and emotional responsiveness to music. In our sample of 73 adolescents and adults with WS, 11% met criteria for amusia, which is higher than the 4% prevalence rate reported in the typically developing (TD) population. Amusia was not related to auditory sensitivities but was related to musical training. Performance on the amusia measure strongly predicted musical skill but not emotional responsiveness to music, which was better predicted by general auditory sensitivities. This study represents the first time amusia has been examined in a population with a known neurodevelopmental genetic disorder with a range of cognitive abilities. Results have implications for the relationships across different levels of auditory processing, musical skill development, and emotional responsiveness to music, as well as the understanding of gene-brain-behavior relationships in individuals with WS and TD individuals with and without amusia.

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(A)musicality in Williams syndrome: examining relationships among auditory perception, musical skill, and emotional responsiveness to music

Lense¹,

Shivers²,

Dykens³

2013

Front. Psychol.

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“…Rhythmic abilities have been noted to be a relative strength in WS (e.g. Levitin & Bellugi 1998, 2006; Lense & Dykens 2011), and might be partially related to these auditory–motor links. Given the greater levels of emotional responsiveness to music in WS (Levitin et al .…”

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“…Rhythmic abilities have been noted to be a relative strength in WS (e.g. Levitin & Bellugi 1998Lense & Dykens 2011), and might be partially related to these auditory-motor links. Given the greater levels of emotional responsiveness to music in WS (Levitin et al 2004;Dykens et al 2005), it is also worth noting that emotional arousal elicited by music has been linked with temporal fluctuations in the musical performance and corresponding MNS changes (Chapin et al 2010).…”

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Musical learning in children and adults with Williams syndrome

Lense

Dykens

2012

J intellect Disabil Res

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“…Seventeen of the tunes are rendered melodically incorrect by changing the pitch of 2–9 notes within the tune without changing the rhythmical structure. Participants must then choose whether the melody is “correct” or “incorrect.” In addition to its validation in the normal adult population, DTT has been used to identify impaired auditory processing in schizophrenia and Williams syndrome, in which the DTT was used to assess children down to the age of 10 (Leitman et al, ; Lense & Dykens, ; Lense, Shivers, & Dykens, ). DTT has been found to have excellent test–retest reliability in Williams syndrome (Lense et al, ).…”

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Musical auditory processing, cognition, and psychopathology in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Gao

Tang

et al. 2018

American J of Med Genetics Pt B

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Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is associated with impairment in multiple domains of cognition and risk for several psychiatric disorders. Musical auditory processing is highly heritable, and is impaired in individuals with schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental disorders, but has never been studied in 22q11DS, notwithstanding anecdotal evidence of its sparing. We aimed to characterize musical auditory processing in 22q11DS and explore potential relationships with other cognitive domains, musical engagement, and psychiatric disorders. The Distorted Tunes Task and Global Musical Sophistication Index were used to assess pitch discrimination and general musical engagement in 58 individuals with 22q11DS aged 8-29 years. Psychopathology was assessed with sections from the modified Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children and the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes. The Penn computerized neurocognitive battery (CNB) examined four domains of cognition (executive functioning, episodic memory, complex cognition, and social cognition). Significant musical auditory processing impairment and reduced musical engagementwere found in individuals with 22q11DS. However, deficits in musical auditory processing were not associated with reduced musical engagement. After covarying for age and sex, episodic memory and overall CNB performance accuracy were significantly related to performance in musical auditory processing. There were no relationships between musical auditory processing and presence of any psychiatric diagnoses. Individuals with 22q11DS experience significant deficits in musical auditory processing and reduced musical engagement. Pitch discrimination is associated with overall cognitive ability, but appears to be largely independent of psychiatric illness. K E Y W O R D S2q11.2 deletion syndrome, musical auditory processing, musical engagement, pitch discrimination

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Musical Interests and Abilities in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Cited by 11 publications

References 157 publications

(A)musicality in Williams syndrome: examining relationships among auditory perception, musical skill, and emotional responsiveness to music

(A)musicality in Williams syndrome: examining relationships among auditory perception, musical skill, and emotional responsiveness to music

Musical learning in children and adults with Williams syndrome

Musical auditory processing, cognition, and psychopathology in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

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