Using EEG to Study Cognitive Development: Issues and Practices

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-294

  Bell, Martha Ann ^a   Cuevas, Kimberly ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 84863887342     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.691143     Document Type: Review

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