Neural Activity during Natural Viewing of Sesame Street Statistically Predicts Test Scores in Early Childhood

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cantlon, Jessica F ^a   Li, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873878986     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001462     Document Type: Article

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