Dancing improve language skills

Skills training can move to the beat of auditory and language systems.

Moves with the rhythm of music is considered to have close links with better language skills, a study suggests.

The researchers say people who move better on tests of rhythmic neural responses also indicate that increased when the speech sound is played.

In addition, the study also showed that musical training can improve other skills, especially speech.

In the Journal of Neuroscience, the authors argue that the rhythm is an integral part of the language.

"We know that moving to the rhythm of the stable is a basic skill not only for Clickdancing but also related to the ability to speak, "said Professor Nina Kraus of the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.

In this study, more than 100 teenagers were asked to press their fingers to the beat of music. Their accuracy is measured by how closely they match the response time of a metronome.

Furthermore, to understand the biological basis of rhythmic skills, team participants also measured their brain waves with electrodes. A technique called electroencephalography aims to observe the electrical activity in the brain in response to sound.

Interrelated

Research shows teens are hard to read also difficulty performing motor tasks and the rhythm.

By using this biological approach, the researchers found that those who had a better musical training also had a higher neural responses to speech sounds. On those little musical training this response is reduced.

"Research shows that teens who turned out to be difficult to read also difficulty performing motor tasks and the rhythm. In speech and music, rhythm provides a map to the location most likely has a meaning," says Professor Kraus told BBC News.

Recorded the brain waves is perfect with sound waves, he said. "You can even take a brain wave recording and play it back through the speakers and it will sound like the sound produced sound waves.

"It appears that musical training with an emphasis on rhythmic skills - able to train the auditory system, which caused a shock in the reduced and amplify sound associations, which are crucial for learning to read," Kraus added.

John Iversen of the University of California at San Diego study how the brain processes music. He was not directly involved with the study but agreed that musical training can have a significant impact on the brain.

"This study adds to information that explains that the ability of music-rhythm can be correlated with improved performance in the areas that are not music, especially the language," he said.