The Neural Bases of Infant Attention

The development of attention in the infant can be characterized by changes in overall arousal (attentiveness) and by changes in attention's effect on specific cognitive processes (e.g., stimulus orienting, spatial selection, recognition memory). These attention systems can be identified using b...

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Published in:Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society 2010-02, Vol.19 (1), p.41-46
Main Authors: Richards, John E., Reynolds, Greg D., Courage, Mary L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Babies
Brain
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive neuroscience
Electroencephalography
Magnetic resonance imaging
Mental stimulation
Neurons
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Physiological psychology
Physiological stimulation
Recognition memory
Scalp
Visual stimulation
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Summary:The development of attention in the infant can be characterized by changes in overall arousal (attentiveness) and by changes in attention's effect on specific cognitive processes (e.g., stimulus orienting, spatial selection, recognition memory). These attention systems can be identified using behavioral and psychophysiological methods. The development of infant attention is thought to be closely related to changes in the neural systems underlying attention control. The recent application of cortical source analysis of event-related potentials (ERP) and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has led to the identification of some of these the neural systems.
ISSN:0963-7214
1467-8721
DOI:10.1177/0963721409360003