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Fast measurement of auditory event-related potential profiles in 2–3-year-olds

Minna HuotilainenJari LipsanenMari TervaniemiVesa PutkinenRiikka Niinikuru

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsBrain activity and meditationAuditory eventMismatch negativityContingent Negative VariationAudiologyElectroencephalography050105 experimental psychologyPitch Discrimination03 medical and health sciencesP3a0302 clinical medicineEvent-related potentialReaction TimeDevelopmental and Educational PsychologymedicineHumansAttention0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychoacoustics10. No inequalityta515Communicationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industrySensory memory05 social sciencesBrainElectroencephalographyEvent-Related Potentials P300Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyAcoustic StimulationChild PreschoolAuditory PerceptionFemalePsychologybusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPsychoacoustics

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Auditory discrimination, memory, and attention-related functions were investigated in healthy 2-3-year-olds by recording event-related potentials (ERPs) to changes in five auditory features and two types of novel sounds using the fast multifeature paradigm (MFP). ERP profiles consisting of the mismatch negativity (MMN), P3a, and prominent late discriminative negativities (LDN) were obtained, for the first time, from this age group in a considerably shorter time compared to the traditional paradigms. Statistically significant responses from individual children were obtained mainly for the novel sounds. Thus, the MFP shows promise as a time-efficient paradigm for investigating central auditory functions in toddlers.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-02-02Developmental Neuropsychology
10.1080/87565641.2011.615873https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2011.615873