1. [Cognitive evoked potentials in children: normal and abnormal development]
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M J, Taylor and L, Pourcelot
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Age Distribution ,Cognition ,Adolescent ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Reference Values ,Child, Preschool ,Developmental Disabilities ,Infant, Newborn ,Humans ,Infant ,Autistic Disorder ,Child ,Evoked Potentials - Abstract
The first part of this review on event-related potentials (ERPs) in children summarizes the role of ERPs in the study of normal cognitive development. The ERPs vary both as a function of the age of the child and also as a function of the cognitive processes that are required by the tasks. Topographical studies allow one to identify cortical regions involved in specific cognitive processes, and monitor their age-related changes. The second part of this paper reviews two examples of abnormal cognitive development (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and childhood autism) where the ERPs allow a better understanding of the dysfunction underlying the observed cognitive disorders.
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- 1995