Memory and Attention in Healthy Children

Memory, Auditory and Visual Attention in Healthy Children: Neurophysiological and Electrophysiological Aspects

This project studies memory and attention in healthy children aged from 5 to 17 years. The processes investigated are short term memory (auditory and visual) and attention.

To characterize these processes involved in childhood, neuropsychological and neurophysiological assessments will be performed (using Electro-encephalography measures, behavioural responses and questionnaires).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Normal or corrected vision
• No neurological and psychiatric antecedent.
• No neuro-developmental disorder (dysphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder…)
• Motivation to participate to the study
• Signed parental informed consent authorizing their child to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children educated in a specialized institution.
• Subjects diagnosed with a neurological, psychiatric or neuro-developmental disorder
• Subjects with hearing loss
• Subjects with a visual impairment that cannot be corrected
• Subjects with an organic or chronic disease that can affect cognitive functions.
• Subjects who do not benefit from social security.