Infant ERP amplitudes change over the course of an experimental session: Implications for cognitive processes and methodology

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 558-568

  Stets, Manuela ^a   Reid, Vincent M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; ERP; ERP methodologies; Eye gaze; Infant; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL PROCESSES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959843381     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 03877604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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