Abstract
Sensorimotor synchronization (SMS) consists of the coordination of body movements with external stimuli, characterized as a referential behavior in which a motor action is coordinated with an external stimulus, fundamental for child development, manifesting itself from the first infancy. Music plays a significant role in children's lives, as a form of individual and collective rhythmic expression, influencing the learning and development of healthy individuals. A simple and classic paradigm for assessing these skills is Finger Tapping, in which participants tap the index finger of their preferred hand with the external stimulus, allowing the recording and analysis of taps. Finger Tapping is also used to assess SMS skills in clinical populations, such as ADHD, as well as motor and neurological disorders. Poor performance on sensorimotor tasks is also associated with behavioral symptoms such as anxiety and hyperactivity. In this context, music, as a temporal art, with its playful, affective, rhythmic and motivational dimensions, can be an ally in evaluating aspects of sensorimotor development in childhood. Musical skills generally involve the ability to synchronize coordinated body movements with musical rhythms, both in simple activities, such as clapping in time with music, and complex activities, such as playing musical instruments, dancing, writing, and playing sports. The present study will investigate sensorimotor synchronization abilities in children with ADHD (6 to 11 years old) using Finger Tapping tasks, whether performance varies according to age and sex and its relationships with behavior. It is expected that the results obtained from the research can contribute to future research and application in the area of ??assessment and treatment of developmental disorders in a multidisciplinary way, involving neuropsychology, music therapy and education.
Bio
Carrer is a music therapist. He worked as a professional musician and music producer in Brazil for twenty years and graduated in Music Therapy in 2007, working mainly with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders since then. He has a Master's degree in Education and Health Sciences in Childhood and Adolescence from the Federal University of S?o Paulo (UNIFESP/SP/Brasil) with a focus on temporal processing and production with sounds and music in children with ADHD https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00127/full . In his doctoral thesis, he researched the development of sensorimotor synchronization skills with metronome and music in children between 6 and 11 years old with typical development and its relations with behavior https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221100286 . He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Psychobiology department at the Federal University of S?o Paulo researching sensorimotor synchronization skills with music and sounds and their relationships with behavior in children with ADHD. Carrer is a researcher and coordinator of the Interdisciplinary in Neurosciences, Music and Health Group (InMusic) focusing on musical cognition and its interfaces with health (neurodevelopmental disorders) and education.
THESIS (English): https://repositorio.unifesp.br/items/ac3fef6c-89ee-422f-b3ca-784ec8182153