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Development Of Brain Functional Connectivity And Its Relation To Infant Sustained Attention In The First Year Of Life, Wanze Xie

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation project studies the development of infant sustained attention and its relation to brain functional connectivity from 6 to 12 months of age. Chapter 1 is a general introduction of the dissertation project. Chapter 2 is a review of the existing literature on the development of infant sustained attention. This chapter includes theories on infant sustained attention and findings from studies using behavioral and psychophysiological measurements. Chapter 3 is a review of the recent advances made in the study of the development of functional connectivity in brain networks. This chapter covers some empirical evidence for the development of functional …