Psychological Development and Education ›› 2001, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (4): 6-11.

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The Developmental Features of Imagery Ability and Its Relationship with electroencephalography (EEG): A Study of Adolescent Aged from 13 to 18

  

  • Online:2001-10-15 Published:2001-10-15

Abstract: In the present work,12-channel electroencephalography(EEG) of 188 adolescent aged from 13 to 18 were recorded and analyzed by Encephalofluctuography Technology (ET).And all subjects completed two imagery tasks including sentence-figure matching and mental rotation.The research put emphasis on the developmental characteristics of the imagery ability and its relationships with electroencep halograp by(EEG).The results obtained were as follows:(i) With the increase of the age,the time decreased when 13 to 18 age groups reacted correctly to the imagery tasks.The turning period of the reaction is at the age of 16 writh no marked difference for the boys and girls.(ii) In twa imagery tasks of sentence-figure matching and mental rotation,10Hz α brain powers in the good group of imagery ability are hyper than that in the low group of imagery ability, but it showed no significant difference in other α powers frequency of different groups with different ages.

Key words: adolescent, imagery ability, EEG, developmental

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