Reynolds, G.D., & Richards, J.E. (in press). Cortical source localization of infant cognition. (PDF).
Neuroimaging techniques such as positron emission
topography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have been
utilized with older children and adults to identify cortical sources of
perceptual and cognitive processes. However, due to practical and ethical
concerns, these techniques cannot be routinely applied to infant participants.
An alternative to such neuroimaging techniques appropriate for use with infant
participants is high-density EEG recording and cortical source localization
techniques. The current paper provides an overview of a method developed for
such analyses. The method consists of four steps:
1) recording high-density (e.g., 128-channel) EEG. 2) Analysis of
individual participant raw segmented data with independent component analysis (