title: Changes in the NoGo N2 Event-Related Potential Component Across Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
abstract: Research suggests that the NoGo N2 event-related potential component elicited in children during Go/NoGo and Continuous Performance tasks indexes response inhibition capacities. This meta-analysis examined what is known about the N2 component's amplitude/latency values, developmental trajectory, and the differences between amplitudes in Go and NoGo trials. Sixty-five studies measuring the N2 in children ages 2-12 were meta-analyzed to estimate the N2's average amplitude/latency at each age. Findings suggest that N2 amplitude/latency values decrease in magnitude across childhood, and NoGo N2 amplitudes were more negative than Go N2 amplitudes, supporting interpretations of this component as indexing response inhibition. Implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoyniak
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology