EEG power and coherence during preschoolers' performance of an executive function battery

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 771-784

  Swingler, Margaret M ^a   Willoughby, Michael T ^b   Calkins, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; EEG coherence; EEG power; Executive function; Frontal lobe; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STROOP TEST;

EID: 80255124787     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20588     Document Type: Article

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