Cited by 610Hemispheric Asymmetry in NeuroscienceNeural dynamics and brain functionCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Human Cerebral Hemispheres Develop at Different Rates and Ages

Thatcher, R. W., Walker, R. A., Giudice, S.·1987·Science

Abstract

The development of the cerebral hemispheres was assessed by using measures of electroencephalographic coherence and phase in 577 children ranging in age from 2 months to early adulthood. Two categories of age-dependent change in electroencephalographic coherence and phase were noted: continuous growth processes that were described best by an exponential growth function, and discrete growth spurts that appeared in specific anatomical locations at specific postnatal periods. The left and right hemispheres developed at different rates and with different postnatal onset times with the timing of growth spurts overlapping the timing of the major developmental stages described by Piaget.

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Authors
Thatcher, R. W., Walker, R. A., & Giudice, S.
Affiliations
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (US)
Venue
Science
Published
1987-05-29
Volume
236
Issue
4805
Pages
1110-1113
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2015761067
Cited by
610
References
10
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Center for Research Resources (RR08079-0951)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Keywords
hemispheric lateralization, EEG phase, postnatal development, growth spurt, exponential growth, children, brain maturation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Electroencephalography, Humans, Infant, Intelligence, Functional Laterality

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