?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Developmental+changes+in+the+event-related+EEG+theta+response+and+P300&rft.creator=Yordanova%2C+Juliana&rft.creator=Kolev%2C+Vasil&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Biophysics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.description=Event-related+potentials+(ERPs)+from+50+children+(6+to+11+years)+and+ten+adults+were+elicited+by+auditory+passive%2C+and+by+rare+target+and+frequent+nontarget+stimuli%2C+and+analyzed+in+the+time+and+frequency+domains.+The+latency+of+the+maximal+theta+response+(or+the+theta+frequency+component+of+the+ERP)+was+evaluated+with+respect+to+age+and+scalp+topography+effects.+The+major+findings+were%3A+(1)+The+latency+of+the+maximal+theta+response+decreased+with+increasing+age+in+children%2C+although+for+each+stimulus+type+and+location+adults+had+shorter+latencies+than+the+children.+(2)+The+developmental+time+course+of+latency+reduction+depended+on+the+electrode+location%2C+with+the+most+prominent+reduction+occurring+at+8+years+at+Cz%2C+and+no+differences+between+children+groups+obtained+for+the+frontal+site.+(3)+Maximal+theta+response+latency+was+strongly+associated+with+the+latency+of+the+late+parietal+P400-700+(P3b)+component+in+children.+The+results+suggest+that+the+developmental+latency+decrease+in+P300+processes+originate+from+a+decrease+in+the+preceding+theta-related+processes+and+may+reflect+a+speeding+of+cognitive+stimulus+evaluation.&rft.date=1997-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F55%2F1%2Ftetalat.htm&rft.identifier=++Yordanova%2C+Juliana+and+Kolev%2C+Vasil++(1997)+Developmental+changes+in+the+event-related+EEG+theta+response+and+P300.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F55%2F