Efficacy of an Early Rhythmic Intervention in Infancy

"The rhythmic intervention consists in an ecological and non-invasive intervention based on enriched auditory and musical active experience. It is based on the most recent scientific evidence in the field and provides exposure to and active synchronization with complex musical rhythms. It is thought to promote the infant's ability to recognize and process the complex rhythms of spoken language. Importantly, it taps into and empowers early auditory processing skills. The intervention includes several tasks described in the literature, for example tapping and bouncing at the beat of complex musical rhythms.~The intervention takes place in small groups of infant-caregiver pairs (N=4/5) for 1 hour/week for 6 weeks."

The same auditory stimulation is provided to infants, but no active tasks are proposed. Children and caregiver are entertained with motor and cognitive tasks not related to the auditory stimuli presented. The intervention takes place in small groups of infant-caregiver pairs (N=4/5) for 1 hour/week for 6 weeks.