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Long‐latency event‐related potentials in the evaluation of cognitive function in children
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NeuropsychologyBrain FunctionDevelopmental Cognitive NeuroscienceCognitionAttentionSocial SciencesPsychologyIntellectual ImpairmentCognitive DevelopmentExecutive FunctionCognitive NeuroscienceNeuropsychological FunctioningCognitive SciencePsychiatryCognitive VariableCognitive FunctionInfant CognitionOrganic Cognitive DisordersCognitive PerformanceNeuroscienceSpeech PerceptionMedicineP3 Latency
The endogenous auditory P300 event-related potential (P3) has been used to differentiate functional and organic cognitive disorders in adults. We found that children with organic cognitive impairments (as determined by the Halstead-Reitan [HR] test) had greater P3 latencies than children with normal HR evaluations. The P3 and HR showed 85% agreement in independent assessments of functional or organically based cognitive impairment in children. Mini-Mental-State, IQ, EEG evaluations, and clinical suspicions of "organicity" with respect to cognitive function were similarly associated with P3 latency.