Stability in infant frontal asymmetry as a predictor of toddlerhood internalizing and externalizing behaviors |
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| Authors: | Cynthia L. Smith Martha Ann Bell |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Human Development, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and State University, 357 Wallace Hall (0416), Blacksburg, VA 24061;2. Department of Psychology, College of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 333 Williams Hall (0436), Blacksburg, VA 24061 |
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| Abstract: | Stability in frontal brain electrical activity (i.e., electroencephalographic or EEG) asymmetry at 10 and 24 months was examined with respect to maternal ratings of internalizing and externalizing behaviors at 30 months in a sample of 48 children. Children with stable left frontal EEG asymmetry during infancy were rated higher in externalizing behaviors by their mothers, whereas children with stable right frontal EEG asymmetry were rated higher in internalizing behaviors. These findings highlight the need to focus on the early stability in physiological measures that may be implicated later in developing behavioral problems. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 52:158–167, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | EEG frontal asymmetry human infants human toddlers internalizing externalizing |
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