Motion and color processing in school-age children and adults: an ERP study

  1. Donna Coch*,
  2. Wendy Skendzel,
  3. Giordana Grossi,
  4. Helen Neville

Article first published online: 29 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00425.x

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Developmental Science

Developmental Science

Volume 8, Issue 4, pages 372–386, July 2005

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Coch, D., Skendzel, W., Grossi, G. and Neville, H. (2005), Motion and color processing in school-age children and adults: an ERP study. Developmental Science, 8: 372–386. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00425.x

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  1. Department of Psychology, Brain Development Lab, University of Oregon, USA

*Address for correspondence: Donna Coch, Dartmouth College, Department of Education, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; e-mail: Donna.J.Coch@Dartmouth.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 29 JUN 2005
  3. Received: 23 April 2004 Accepted: 26 October 2004

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Abstract

Stimuli designed to selectively elicit motion or color processing were used in a developmental event-related potential study with adults and children aged 6, 7 and 8. A positivity at posterior site INZ (P-INZ) was greater to motion stimuli only in adults. The P1 and N1 were larger to color stimuli in both adults and children, but earlier to motion stimuli only in adults. Finally, the P2 was larger to color stimuli in adults but larger to motion stimuli in children, and earlier to motion stimuli only in children. The findings across components indicate development from middle childhood to adulthood in aspects of both the motion and color processing systems indexed by this paradigm, but are consistent with an hypothesis of a more protracted time course of development for the motion as compared to the color processing system.

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