The characteristics, topography, and coupling of event-related potentials will be studied during the first two years in normal and Down's syndrome infants. The focus is on the cortical activity associated with the normal and abnormal development of stages of perceptual-cognitive processing. This information will provide an understanding of the brain-behavior organization underlying qualitative shifts in infant behavior development and will add convergent evidence of the development of perception.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD015327-04
Application #
3313052
Study Section
Human Development and Aging Subcommittee 1 (HUD)
Project Start
1983-09-01
Project End
1988-06-30
Budget Start
1986-09-01
Budget End
1988-06-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
121911077
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60612
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Karrer, R; Wojtascek, Z; Davis, M G (1995) Event-related potentials and information processing in infants with and without Down syndrome. Am J Ment Retard 100:146-59
Douros, C; Karrer, R; Rosenfeld, J P (1994) The self-regulation of slow potential shifts and evoked potentials: interrelationships in response to somatosensory stimulation. Int J Psychophysiol 16:69-80
Douros, C; Karrer, R; Rosenfeld, J P (1987) Effects of attention and slow potential shifts on self-regulation of event-related potentials. Biofeedback Self Regul 12:39-49
Karrer, R; Ackles, P K (1987) Visual event-related potentials of infants during a modified oddball procedure. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol Suppl 40:603-8