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August 11, 2025

Investigating Neural Correlates of Attention and Its Relation to the Development of Executive Functions in Early Childhood

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ATAbigaël ThinakaranTFTess FulcherCHChung Haerin

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Study investigates brain activity related to attention in infants, highlighting links to executive functions.

Key Points

  • Infants' neural activity at 9 months predicts their executive functions at age five, revealing significant connections.
  • Key finding shows that frontal theta oscillations are linked to attentional control in infants during tasks.
  • Task-related brain activity was measured while infants engaged in observation and execution tasks in two conditions.
  • Selecting appropriate tasks and neural measures is crucial for studying brain-behavior relationships over time.

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Thinakaran et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2354db210217d647707efhttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5005517/v1
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