An investigation into EEG asymmetry in young children.
Microprocessor-based equipment was designed and built which enabled on-line analysis of the EEG information to be performed. The heart of the machine is an arithmetic processing unit, used to enhance the number manipulation capability of the processor system. Data from a group of ten children were recorded on an f.m. tape recorder and this was used for a comparison between three methods of analysis. A versatile, portable EEG acquisition and processing system has been designed, implemented and tested. All results obtained so far imply that brain lateralisation is observable in children at 7 years old and there seems to be a link between degree of lateralisation and reading ability.
D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D011932:Reading