Event-related oscillations and cognitive processes in children: A review of methodical aspects and empirical findings

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Heinrich, Hartmut ^a,b   Kolev, Vasil ^c   Rothenberger, Aribert ^d   Yordanova, Juliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Heckscher Klinikum   (Germany)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Event related oscillations; Gamma responses; Selective attention; Theta responses; Time frequency analysis; Wavelet networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED OSCILLATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TIME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 77952366468     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.23.4.199     Document Type: Article

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