A P3-like ERP component can be elicited from toddlers as young as 30 months using an active auditory Oddball task¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Toddlers recognized the deviant target stimuli, responding to a greater percentage of target than frequent trials, and a P3-like component was elicited. → Hoyniak 2015

Evidence¶

Hoyniak 2015¶

Hoyniak, C. P., Petersen, I. T., McQuillan, M. E., Staples, A. D., & Bates, J. E. (2015). Less Efficient Neural Processing Related to Irregular Sleep and Less Sustained Attention in Toddlers. Developmental Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2015.1016162

q2 · i? · associational · r1

ERP recording from 20 cases (15 unique toddlers, ages 2–3) during an adapted 6-minute auditory Oddball task with a button-press response; the article states "a component resembling a P3 in topography, latency, and magnitude was elicited." Toddlers responded to more target than frequent trials (t[19]=−4.38, p<.001).

"A component resembling a P3 in topography, latency, and magnitude was elicited from the toddlers during the target trials of the active Oddball Task (see grand averaged waveform in Figure 1)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Irregular sleep is associated with longer target P3 latencies in toddlers — related
• Behavioral performance on the toddler Oddball task is uncorrelated with target P3 amplitudes and latencies — related
• Longer target P3 latencies are associated with poorer sustained attention in toddlers — related
• P3 amplitudes and sleep duration show no significant associations with sleep deficits or sustained attention in toddlers — related