Development of network synchronization predicts language abilities

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-68

  Doesburg, Sam M ^a   Tingling, Keriann ^b   Macdonald, Matt J ^b   Pang, Elizabeth W ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; AGE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; VASCULARIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948808693     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00879     Document Type: Article

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