INFANT CAREGIVER PROJECT January 2021

University of Delaware

RESEARCH UPDATE STUDY UPDATES

What did we study? Thank you to everyone who

Children display unique brain activity patterns while completing visited us at age 8, 9, and 10!
certain tasks. We studied your brain activity during three tasks with We are currently inviting
the help of EEG. families to our lab as children
turn 13, 14, and 15.
How did we study it?
We began collecting data from
Brain activity can be measured with electroencephalogram, or EEG.
our 13 year olds in July 2019
It is a funny-looking cap applied with a sticky gel that measures
and from our 14 year olds in
electrical brain activity. If you visited us at age 8 or 10, you probably
July 2020. We plan to begin
remember having it on your head!
collecting data from our 15
year olds this summer.
You might remember that you were then asked to push a button
when you saw arrows on a computer screen and to not press We are excited to see what we
anything when you saw a stop sign. You were also asked to sit learn from our teens and thank
quietly and to look at a calming picture of rocks on the computer you for your continued
screen. Afterwards, we looked at whether or not there were certain support and participation in
patterns of brain activity as you tried to stop pressing the button in our study!
response to the stop sign or while you were simply resting.
CONTACT US:
This study is particularly important because it is one of the only to Alec: (302) 283-9396
consider these research questions once children are in middle
childhood. Feel free to call or text with
any questions about
scheduling, the newsletter, or
anything else!

Image of EEG signals.