PSY 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Magnetoencephalography, Electroencephalography
23 Sep 2016
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New techniques for investigating the developing brain. The field of developmental cognitive neuroscience is a young one: the advent of new non-invasive ways to measure brain function in infants and children has literally revolutionized the study of human development. Less databases for registration: problem in difference in head structure in syndromes. Compliance for the length of time: special methods for gaining compliance. An example of a finding from each approach. New methods of merging technologies are in use- connections are important. Eeg/erp: great temporal, poor spatial fmri: great spatial, poor temporal. Eeg and erp: electrical recording of the brain. Erp, present stimuli see how brain activity in particular locations is changed. If infant detects the stimulus, change in the pattern of brain waves evoked potential. For two stimuli that are sensed differently different patters of electrical activity. Gives insight in timing of brain processes.
