Developmental change in EEG theta activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during response control

Liu, Zhong-Xu; Woltering, Steven; Lewis, Marc D.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.054

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“…Likewise, several studies support the view that the N2 component is generated by sources in the medial frontal cortex [56]–[58]. The N2 component is thought to reflect novelty detection and conflict monitoring [59], [60]. This is consistent with the present finding that the N2 is significantly reduced during the retrieval phase when participants decide whether the same stimulus was perceived.…”

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Modulation of Cortical Activity by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Affective Disorder

et al. 2014

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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to have antidepressant efficacy in patients experiencing a major depressive episode, but little is known about the underlying neurophysiology. The purpose of our study was to investigate the acute effects of tDCS on cortical activity using electroencephalography (EEG) in patients with an affective disorder. Eighteen patients diagnosed with an affective disorder and experiencing a depressive episode participated in a sham-controlled study of tDCS, each receiving a session of active (2 mA for 20 minutes) and sham tDCS to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The effects of tDCS on EEG activity were assessed after each session using event-related potentials (ERP) and measurement of spectral activity during a visual working memory (VWM) task. We observed task and intervention dependent effects on both ERPs and task-related alpha and theta activity, where active compared to sham stimulation resulted in a significant reduction in the N2 amplitude and reduced theta activity over frontal areas during memory retrieval. In summary a single session of anodal tDCS stimulation to the left DLPFC during a major depressive episode resulted in modulated brain activity evident in task-related EEG. Effects on the N2 and frontal theta activity likely reflect modulated activity in the medial frontal cortex and hence indicate that the after-effects of tDCS extend beyond the direct focal effects to the left DLPFC.

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“…However, previous work with adults and older children has also found a relationship between the theta frequency band (4-8 Hz) and performance on tasks that require cognitive control processes that depend heavily on attention (e.g. Cavanagh, Cohen, & Allen, 2009; Cavanagh, Frank, Klein, & Allen, 2010; Liu, Woltering, & Lewis, 2014). Importantly, using high density EEG methodology, these studies have also demonstrated that theta activity may originate from the ACC during tasks which require cognitive control (e.g.…”

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Neurophysiological correlates of attention behavior in early infancy: Implications for emotion regulation during early childhood

Perry

Swingler

Calkins

et al. 2016

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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Current theoretical conceptualizations of regulatory development suggest that attention processes and emotion regulation processes share common neurophysiological underpinnings and behavioral antecedents such that emotion regulation abilities may build upon early attentional skills. To further elucidate this proposed relationship, we tested whether early neurophysiological processes measured during an attention task in infancy predicted in-task attention behavior, and whether infant's attention behavior was subsequently associated with their ability to regulate emotion in early childhood (N=388). Results indicated that, greater EEG power change (from baseline to task) at medial frontal locations (F3 and F4) during an attention task at 10 months were associated with concurrent observed behavioral attention. Specifically, greater change in EEG power at the right frontal location (F4) was associated with more attention, and greater EEG power at the left frontal location (F3) was associated with less attention, indicating a potential right hemisphere specialization for attention processes already present in the first year of life. In addition, after controlling for 5-month attention behavior, increased behavioral attention at 10-months was negatively associated with children's observed frustration to emotional challenge at age 3. Finally, the indirect effects from 10-month EEG power change at F3 and F4 to 3-year emotion regulation via infants' 10-month behavioral attention were significant, suggesting that infant's attention behavior is one mechanism through which early neurophysiological activity is related to emotion regulation abilities in childhood.

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“…Cognitive control functions continue to improve from infancy until early adulthood, allowing flexible adaptation to a complex environment [1]. Growth in executive functioning skills play a role in children's academic success, and the transition to elementary school is an important time for the development of these abilities [2].…”

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Comparative survey of go/no-go results to identify the inhibitory control ability change of Japanese children

Terasawa

Tabuchi

Yanagisawa

et al. 2014

BioPsychoSocial Med

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This research, conducted in 1998 and 2008, uses go/no-go data to investigate the fundamentals of cognitive functioning in the inhibitory control ability of Japanese children. 844 subjects from kindergarten to junior high school participated in go/no-go task experiments. Performance of go/no-go tasks, which are frequently used to investigate response inhibition, measures a variety of cognitive components besides response inhibition. With normal brain development, the ability to inhibit responses improves substantially in adolescence. An increase over time in the error rate during the go/no-go tasks of subjects of the same age indicates that these processes are not functioning properly. Comparisons between the 1998 and 2008 data revealed several differences in error rates. In 2008, there were increases in the number of errors in groups from each age range. The comparison also revealed that overall error rates peaked at later ages in the 2008 subjects. Taken together, these results show changing conditions in the inhibitory function of the prefrontal cortex. However, the reason for these changing conditions remains unclear. While a lifestyle questionnaire revealed several differences in factors such as bedtimes and hours spent watching TV, analysis did not reveal a significant correlation.

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Developmental change in EEG theta activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during response control

Cited by 58 publications

References 170 publications

Modulation of Cortical Activity by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Affective Disorder

Modulation of Cortical Activity by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Affective Disorder

Neurophysiological correlates of attention behavior in early infancy: Implications for emotion regulation during early childhood

Comparative survey of go/no-go results to identify the inhibitory control ability change of Japanese children

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