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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Intelligence and eeg measures of information flow: efficiency and homeostatic neuroplasticity.

R W Thatcher, E Palmero-Soler, D M North, C J Biver

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cognitive Processing and EEG Complexity.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Effects of Mental Fatigue onNeural plasticity · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

R W ThatcherEEG and NeuroImaging Laboratory, Applied Neuroscience Research Institute. St. Petersburg, Fl, USA.
E Palmero-SolerEEG and NeuroImaging Laboratory, Applied Neuroscience Research Institute. St. Petersburg, Fl, USA.
D M NorthEEG and NeuroImaging Laboratory, Applied Neuroscience Research Institute. St. Petersburg, Fl, USA.
C J BiverEEG and NeuroImaging Laboratory, Applied Neuroscience Research Institute. St. Petersburg, Fl, USA.

Funding

ZOOMED FUNCT IMAGING IN HUMAN BRAIN AT 7T W/ SIMULT HIGH SPATIAL &TEMPORAL RESP41RR008079 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI VAUGHAN, JOHN T · 1993 to 2011
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NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR008079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the magnitude of EEG information flow and intelligence. The electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded from 19 scalp locations from 371 subjects ranging in age from 5 years to 17.6 years. The Wechler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) was administered for individuals between 5 years of age and 16 years and the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale revised (WAIS-R) was administered to subjects older than 16 years to estimate I.Q. The phase slope index estimated the magnitude of information flow between all electrode combinations for difference frequency bands. Discriminant analyses were performed between high I.Q. (>120) and low I.Q. groups (<90). The magnitude of information flow was inversely related to I.Q. especially in the alpha and beta frequency bands. Long distance inter-electrode distances exhibited greater information flow than short inter-electrode distances. Frontal-parietal correlations were the most significant. It is concluded that higher I.Q. is related to increased efficiency of local information processing and reduced long distance compensatory dynamics that supports a small-world model of intelligence.

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Intelligence TestsAdolescentAlpha RhythmBeta RhythmChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIntelligenceMaleNeuronal Plasticity

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PMID27996049
PMCPMC5171906

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