TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuroelectric indices of attention are related to academic skills in preschool-aged children
AU - Keye, Shelby A.
AU - Morales, Diana
AU - Walk, Anne M.
AU - Cannavale, Corinne N.
AU - Khan, Naiman A.
N1 - This research was funded by the National Dairy Council with partial funding provided by the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health and the Graduate College Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The funders had no specific role in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, the writing of the report, or the decision fo submit the article for publication.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Purpose: This study assessed the relationship between neuroelectric indices of attention and inhibition and academic skills in children 4–6 years-old. We hypothesized that modulation of the P3 and N2 components would be related to academic skills. Methods: Participants (N = 27, 16 female) completed The Woodcock Johnson Early Cognitive and Academic Development Test to assess general intellectual abilities (GIA) and early academic skills (EAS). Electroencephalography was recorded during an auditory oddball task to elicit P3 and N2 components. Two-step linear regressions including age, sex, income, and GIA assessed relationships between P3 and N2 modulations and EAS. Results: P3 peak amplitude (R2=0.765, β=0.379, p = 0.030) and N2 mean (R2=0.759, β=0.302, p = 0.039) and peak (R2=0.759, β=0.303, p = 0.038) amplitude modulation were positively related to EAS. Conclusion: Upregulation of P3 and N2 components was associated with EAS independent of GIA. Therefore, neuroelectric assessments of attention and inhibition may a biomarker of academic achievement in early childhood.
AB - Purpose: This study assessed the relationship between neuroelectric indices of attention and inhibition and academic skills in children 4–6 years-old. We hypothesized that modulation of the P3 and N2 components would be related to academic skills. Methods: Participants (N = 27, 16 female) completed The Woodcock Johnson Early Cognitive and Academic Development Test to assess general intellectual abilities (GIA) and early academic skills (EAS). Electroencephalography was recorded during an auditory oddball task to elicit P3 and N2 components. Two-step linear regressions including age, sex, income, and GIA assessed relationships between P3 and N2 modulations and EAS. Results: P3 peak amplitude (R2=0.765, β=0.379, p = 0.030) and N2 mean (R2=0.759, β=0.302, p = 0.039) and peak (R2=0.759, β=0.303, p = 0.038) amplitude modulation were positively related to EAS. Conclusion: Upregulation of P3 and N2 components was associated with EAS independent of GIA. Therefore, neuroelectric assessments of attention and inhibition may a biomarker of academic achievement in early childhood.
KW - Academics
KW - Attention
KW - Children
KW - Event-related potentials
KW - Preschool
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tine.2023.100205
DO - 10.1016/j.tine.2023.100205
M3 - Article
C2 - 37689433
AN - SCOPUS:85162083442
SN - 2211-9493
VL - 32
JO - Trends in Neuroscience and Education
JF - Trends in Neuroscience and Education
M1 - 100205
ER -