title: The utility of EEG band power analysis in the study of infancy and early childhood.
abstract: Research employing electroencephalographic (EEG) techniques with infants and young children has flourished in recent years due to increased interest in understanding the neural processes involved in early social and cognitive development. This review focuses on the functional characteristics of the alpha, theta, and gamma frequency bands in the developing EEG. Examples of how analyses of EEG band power have been applied to specific lines of developmental research are also discussed. These examples include recent work on the infant mu rhythm and action processing, frontal alpha asymmetry and approach-withdrawal tendencies, and EEG power measures in the study of early psychosocial adversity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA. joni.saby@temple.edu
authors.forename: Joni N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Saby
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development*; D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant