Early gamma oscillations during rapid auditory processing in children with a language-learning impairment: Changes in neural mass activity after training

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 990-1001

  Heim, Sabine ^a   Keil, Andreas ^b   Choudhury, Naseem ^a,c   Thomas Friedman, Jennifer ^a   Benasich, April A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory temporal processing; Computerized training; Electroencephalography; Phase locking; Specific language impairment; Spectral power

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OSCILLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY GATING; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875485605     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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