On occasion I have been asked, if I, or other researchers, have examined developmental trends in EEG coherence in children, given that the role of EEG coherence as an indicator of brain connectivity, examining “normal” patterns of developmental coherence would be important?
The short answer is yes – we have studied the development of coherence from birth to adulthood. Below are some of the references to these studies, as well as, a URL to a nonlinear dynamical model of EEG coherence development paper that summarizes a lot of the publications: https://appliedneuroscience.com/PDFs/Thatcher-Pred-Prey.pdf
Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A. and Guidice, S. (1987). Human cerebral hemispheres develop at different rates and ages. Science, 236: 1110-1113.
Thatcher, R.W. (1991). Maturation of the human frontal lobes: Physiological evidence for staging. Developmental Neuropsychology, 7(3): 370-394.
Thatcher, R.W. (1992). Cyclic cortical reorganization during early childhood. Brain and Cognition, 20: 24-50.
Thatcher, R.W. (1992). Are rhythms of human cerebral development “traveling waves”? Behavior and Brain Sciences, 14(4): 575.
Thatcher, R.W. (1994). Psychopathology of Early Frontal Lobe Damage: Dependence on Cycles of Postnatal Development. Developmental Pathology, 6: 565-596.
Thatcher, R.W. (1996). Multimodal assessments of developing neural networks: Integrating PET, MRI and EEG, In: Thatcher, R.W., Lyon, G.R., Rumsey, J. and Krasnegor, N. Editors. Developmental Neuroimaging: Mapping the Development of Brain and Behavior, Academic Press, Florida.
Thatcher, R.W. (1997). Human frontal lobe development: A theory of cyclic cortical reorganization. In: Krasnegor, N., Lyon, R. and Goldman-Rakic, P. Editors. Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology, and Behavior, Brooks Press, Boston.
Thatcher, R.W. (1998). A predator-prey model of human cerebral development. In: K. Newell and P. Molenaar Editors, Dynamical Systems in Development, L. Erlbaum Assoc, New Jersey.
Hanlon, H. W., Thatcher, R. W. & Cline, M. J. (1999). Gender differences in the development of EEG coherence in normal children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 16 (3), 479-506.
