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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 220-231Publisher
PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
DOI: 10.1080/01650250244000290
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Spontaneous motor tempo and rhythmical synchronisation were studied in 2 1/2- to 4-year-old children. Children were tested in three sessions, each of which included three consecutive tasks: first, spontaneous manual tapping tempo, second, synchronisation to external tempo, followed by spontaneous manual tapping tempo again. Results showed that regular spontaneous manual tapping tempo could be observed in children as young as 2 1/2 years. Moreover, children could slow down their tap rhythm when the auditory stimulation became slower. Anticipating sound and adjusting their motor response to time interval was easier for children at the age of 4 years than for younger children. Consequently, it seems easier for the former to estimate the time interval than for the latter. Data referring to different clock models and new perspectives to conduct research on temporal studies in child development will be discussed.
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