Reyna Gordon’s main approach is to employ songs to compare the neural bases of linguistic and musical rhythm, and she is currently constructing a series of experiments to better understand rhythmic processing in typical adults and children, and in children with language development disorders. In addition, she is developing a set of procedures and manuals for EEG analyses, and provides training and consultations to lab users on implementing these analyses tools and methods.

Research Interests

• Perception of sung language compared to spoken language
• Comparison of neural bases of language and music
• Rhythm and meter in speech and music
• Song prosody and textsetting
• Rhythmic processing in Specific Language Impairment
• Roles of prosody and singing in human development
• Time-frequency analysis of EEG data
• Auditory processing in Angelman Syndrome and Rett Syndrome