Neural mechanisms of auditory sensory processing in children with high intelligence.

Full Abstract

To investigate the differences in event-related potential parameters related to children's intelligence, 18 intellectually gifted children and 18 average children participated in this study. The electroencephalograms were recorded the auditory sensory memory that elicited the mismatch negativity (MMN) and late discriminative negativity (LDN), as well as involuntary attention switch that elicited the P3a and early MMN were analyzed. The results indicated that children with high intelligence had comparatively larger MMN, LDN, early MMN, P3a amplitudes, and earlier peak latency in LDN than average children. The enhanced neural function of the intellectually gifted children might be due to more spatially and temporally coordinated neural network, faster neural processing speed and more efficient neural activation functions.

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Author information

Author/s: Liu, Tongran (T); Shi, Jiannong (J); Zhang, Qiong (Q); Zhao, Daheng (D); Yang, Jie (J);

Affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Neuroreport (Neuroreport), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Oct; vol 18 (issue 15) : pp 1571-5

Dates: Created 2007/09/21; Completed 2007/11/20;

PMID: 17885604, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Acoustic Stimulation
Auditory Perception - physiology
Child
Discrimination (Psychology) - physiology
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials, Auditory - physiology

Female
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Male
Memory - physiology
Nerve Net - physiology

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