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A previous study have shown that musical background during training improve handwriting speed and fluency in a child with difficulties (Veron-Delor et al., 2017). However, it is still necessary to explain this effect. One hypothesis is that handwriting movement synchronizes with the music rhythm. This should lead to a stabilization of the movement, as it has been reported in other motor activities (e.g. Dalla Bella et al., 2018). To address this issue, we propose here to record handwriting kinematics in children under different background conditions. Specifically, three main questions will be addressed. First, we will investigate if rhythm could explain the benefits of musical background reported in previous studies. To this aim, melodic and rhythmic+melodic background will be compared to a silent condition. Second, we will test the influence of tempo on handwriting to confirm the synchronization of handwriting to auditory stimuli. Third, different variables may modulate the benefits of rhythmic background. Specifically, we will investigate the role of handwriting automation by testing this effect in two age groups. In addition, spontaneous tempo and handwriting deficits will be assessed to correlate these variables to rhythmic background benefits. |
