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dc.creatorMeredith Weiss, Staci
dc.creatorMeltzoff, Andrew N.
dc.creatorMarshall, Peter J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T15:58:12Z
dc.date.available2020-04-20T15:58:12Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-29
dc.identifier.citationWeiss, Staci Meredith, Meltzoff, Andrew N., Marshall, Peter J. (2018) Neural measures of anticipatory bodily attention in children: Relations with executive function. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 34: 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2018.08.002
dc.identifier.issn1878-9293
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/42
dc.description.abstractThe ability to selectively direct attention to a certain location or modality is a key neurocognitive skill. One important facet of selective attention is anticipation, a foundational biological construct that bridges basic perceptual processes and higher-order cognition. The current study focuses on the neural correlates of bodily anticipation in 6- to 8-year-old children using a task involving tactile stimulation. Electroencephalographic (EEG) activity over sensorimotor cortex was measured after a visual cue directed children to monitor their right or left hand in anticipation of tactile stimulation. Prior to delivery of the tactile stimulus, a regionally-specific desynchronization of the alpha-range mu rhythm occurred over central electrode sites (C3/C4) contralateral to the cue direction. The magnitude of anticipatory mu rhythm desynchronization was associated with children’s performance on two executive function tasks (Flanker and Card Sort). We suggest that anticipatory mu desynchronization has utility as a specific neural marker of attention focusing in young children, which in turn may be implicated in the development of executive function.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Access Publishing Fund (OAPF)
dc.relation.haspartDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 34
dc.relation.isreferencedbyElsevier
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectChild electroencephalogram
dc.subjectMu rhythm
dc.subjectTactile
dc.subjectSomatosensory
dc.subjectExecutive function
dc.subjectAnticipation
dc.subjectAttention
dc.titleNeural measures of anticipatory bodily attention in children: Relations with executive function
dc.typeText
dc.type.genreJournal article
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2018.08.002
dc.ada.noteFor Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation, including help with reading this content, please contact scholarshare@temple.edu
dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. College of Liberal Arts
dc.description.sponsorTemple University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund, 2018-2019 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
dc.temple.creatorWeiss, Staci Meredith
dc.temple.creatorMarshall, Peter J.
refterms.dateFOA2020-04-20T15:58:12Z


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