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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:06Introduction
- 02:50MEG Laboratory
- 05:11MEG vs EEG
- 05:48Why Use a Child-sized MEG?
- 07:16MEG Measurements
- 12:43Conclusion
- 14:14Credits
The advent of MEG systems sized for young children opens important new opportunities to study brain development. The new system, together with a protocol that aligns experimental requirements with the capacities of children, can be used to study cognitive and language processes in healthy, awake children aged three to six.
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Neuromagnetic Brain FunctionPre-school ChildrenMEG (magnetoencephalography)Cortical ActivityEEG (electroencephalography)Magnetic FieldsSuperconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs)Liquid HeliumVacuum-insulated HelmetDewarHead SizeCerebral FieldsWhole-head MEG SystemsKIT-Macquarie Brain Research Laboratory
