Children’s brains grow and change quickly. These changes, influenced by a combination of
biological makeup and life experiences, help children better understand and
navigate their surroundings. In
particular, even brain activity involved in making simple decisions helps children
learn, grown, and think more deeply about the world and their place in it. In our study, we are looking at the links
between brain activity involved in simple decision-making and more complex
types of thinking.
To study these links, we are using electroencephalogram, or
EEG, recordings. EEG measures naturally
occurring electrical signals in the brain that contain information about what
is going on inside and outside the body.
EEG is easy to measure and non-invasive, and you cannot feel it working. It involves wearing an elastic “astronaut”
cap that holds the sensors that measure the brain signals. We use caps that have a lot of sensors in
them so that we can get a full picture of the brain. Here is a picture of what the setup looks
like:
We hope that by studying children’s brain activity as they
make simple decisions, we can better understand how children develop ways of
thinking about what they know.
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