Cognitive Performance at Age Four Can Be Predicted in Infancy

1st April, 2024

Source: Medical Xpress

Using electroencephalogram (EEG) data collected before the age of 1, it is possible to predict which babies will have the highest adaptive behavior scores at the age of 4.

That’s what Unversité de Montréal doctoral student of psychology Florence Deguire discovered in research conducted at the UdeM-affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, supervised by professor Sarah Lippé.

Deguire recruited 120 mothers who agreed for their newborns to take part in a 48-month longitudinal study. She first tested the infants’ ability to perform behavioral tasks, including posture, motor skills and language, at 6 months.

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