"Age-related changes in the EEG in an eyes-open condition: I. Normal de" by Lynnette M. Mason, Robert J. Barry et al.
This study investigated age related changes in the EEG of normal children in an eyes-open condition, in order to provide developmental norms for the study of children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) – see our companion paper (Mason et al., submitted). EEG was recorded at 17 sites from 75 children (63 boys and 12 girls, in the approximately 5:1 ratio common in AD/HD) between the ages of 5 and 16 years. They comprised three groups, each of 25 children (21 boys and 4 girls), divided into Young (5–8 years), Middle (9–12 years), and Old (13–16 years). T...