Humans uniquely perceive periodic structure in complex rhythms and spontaneously move to music-abilities rare among animals. Though training and experience contribute to our sense of rhythm, basic beat perception and the urge to move to rhythm are present even in young infants....
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Discussion
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No actionable change — this is a theoretical computational model proposing a developmental hypothesis; it has no direct clinical application for audiologists at present.
If validated, this model could reshape understanding of early auditory-motor development, with implications for how clinicians counsel families about the developmental consequences of early hearing deprivation.
- 01A predictive processing computational model proposes that maternal gait (walking rhythm) scaffolds early rhythm perception in infants.
- 02The model links bodily locomotor motion to the development of beat processing in the auditory brain.
- 03This is a theoretical framework — no empirical data from human subjects are reported in the study.
- 04The hypothesis connects vestibular/proprioceptive experience to auditory rhythm development.
- 05If supported, findings could have implications for understanding the role of movement in early auditory development.
Maternal gait provides a rhythmic scaffold that shapes infant beat-processing abilities through predictive neural mechanisms.
opinionunclear- PMID
- 42905949
- DOI
- 10.1111/nyas.70425.
- Journal
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Theoretical model — no human study population
- Intervention
- Predictive processing network model of maternal gait as a scaffold for rhythm processing
Primary outcomes
Theoretical account of how maternal locomotor rhythm influences infant beat perception; Model predictions about auditory-motor predictive processing networks