Improved Neural Efficiency under Matching Condition for Gifted Children

Author

Duan, Xiaoju ; Shi, Jiannong ; Wu, Jianhui

Author_Institution

Inst. of Psychol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

Volume

5

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

51

Abstract

To investigate the neural efficiency theory of intelligence, electroencephalograms (EEG) were recorded while 15 intellectually gifted children and 15 average children performed a 2-back working memory task. The amplitude of P2, N2, and LPC were analyzed. The results showed that intellectually gifted children performed more accurately and had larger LPC mean amplitudes than their intellectually average peers under the matching condition, suggesting that intellectually gifted individual can use their brain and allocate cognitive resources more efficiently.

Keywords

electroencephalography; neurophysiology; EEG; LPC amplitude; N2 amplitude; P2 amplitude; electroencephalograms; intellectually gifted children; intelligence theory; matching condition; neural efficiency; two back working memory task; Brain; Educational institutions; Electroencephalography; Enterprise resource planning; Linear predictive coding; Pediatrics; Psychology; Recruitment; Resource management; Testing; 2-back; ERP; gifted; neural efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Natural Computation, 2009. ICNC '09. Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3736-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNC.2009.219

Filename

5364175