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Frontal midline theta as a neurophysiological correlate for deficits of attentional orienting in children with developmental coordination disorder
Author(s) -
Wang ChunHao,
Lo YuHui,
Pan ChienYu,
Chen FuChen,
Liang WeiKuang,
Tsai ChiaLiang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/psyp.12402
Subject(s) - psychology , electroencephalography , gaze , orienting response , attentional control , audiology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , neuroscience , medicine , psychoanalysis , habituation
Children with developmental coordination disorder ( DCD ) have been demonstrated to show attentional orienting deficits. The neural mechanism, however, has thus far remained elusive. Here, we measure oscillations in the EEG associated with attentional orienting to address this issue. The EEG was recorded from DCD children and typical developing ( TD ) controls during an eye‐gaze cueing paradigm. DCD group responded more slowly than TD group across all conditions. Additionally, TD group showed higher frontal midline theta activities in both valid and invalid conditions relative to a neutral condition, with such an effect absent in the DCD group. Theta oscillations might reflect attentional processing in relation to the cues being performed in TD group, with the lessened modulation of theta in DCD group possibly reflecting a deficit in attentional orienting. Possible explanations for the DCD ‐ TD differences in theta oscillation and attentional orienting are discussed.