Neural Markers of Attention at 6 Months Associate With Later Attentional Control Performance.

ABSTRACT: Attentional control is key to the development of executive functions. Previous research indicates that individual differences in attentional control behaviour may be stable from 6 months. Here, we analyse electroencephalogram data collected from 59 6-month-olds to gain insights into the neural processes underlying attentional control in infancy. First, we examine the neural activity preceding distinct looking behaviours in an attentional control task at 6 months. Second, we test whether those neural markers show predictive associations to behavioural measures of attentional control (Freeze-Frame task) and executive function (A-not-B task) in the same infants at 9 months. Whilst our data do not show evidence that 6-9 Hz power is implicated in attentional control at 6 months, or that the P1

SUBMITTER: Hendry A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403191 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature