P300 development across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>The P300 component of the event-related potential is a large positive waveform that can be extracted from the ongoing electroencephalogram using a two-stimuli oddball paradigm, and has been associated with cognitive information processing (e.g. memory, attention, execu...

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Main Authors: Rik van Dinteren, Martijn Arns, Marijtje L A Jongsma, Roy P C Kessels
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087347
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author Rik van Dinteren
Martijn Arns
Marijtje L A Jongsma
Roy P C Kessels
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description <h4>Background</h4>The P300 component of the event-related potential is a large positive waveform that can be extracted from the ongoing electroencephalogram using a two-stimuli oddball paradigm, and has been associated with cognitive information processing (e.g. memory, attention, executive function). This paper reviews the development of the auditory P300 across the lifespan.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>A systematic review and meta-analysis on the P300 was performed including 75 studies (n = 2,811). Scopus was searched for studies using healthy subjects and that reported means of P300 latency and amplitude measured at Pz and mean age. These findings were validated in an independent, existing cross-sectional dataset including 1,572 participants from ages 6-87. Curve-fitting procedures were applied to obtain a model of P300 development across the lifespan. In both studies logarithmic Gaussian models fitted the latency and amplitude data best. The P300 latency and amplitude follow a maturational path from childhood to adolescence, resulting in a period that marks a plateau, after which degenerative effects begin. We were able to determine ages that mark a maximum (in P300 amplitude) or trough (in P300 latency) segregating maturational from degenerative stages. We found these points of deflection occurred at different ages.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>It is hypothesized that latency and amplitude index different aspects of brain maturation. The P300 latency possibly indexes neural speed or brain efficiency. The P300 amplitude might index neural power or cognitive resources, which increase with maturation.
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spelling doaj-art-8bda47db8027406882ab2e6b819c247a2025-08-20T03:34:37ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8734710.1371/journal.pone.0087347P300 development across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Rik van DinterenMartijn ArnsMarijtje L A JongsmaRoy P C Kessels<h4>Background</h4>The P300 component of the event-related potential is a large positive waveform that can be extracted from the ongoing electroencephalogram using a two-stimuli oddball paradigm, and has been associated with cognitive information processing (e.g. memory, attention, executive function). This paper reviews the development of the auditory P300 across the lifespan.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>A systematic review and meta-analysis on the P300 was performed including 75 studies (n = 2,811). Scopus was searched for studies using healthy subjects and that reported means of P300 latency and amplitude measured at Pz and mean age. These findings were validated in an independent, existing cross-sectional dataset including 1,572 participants from ages 6-87. Curve-fitting procedures were applied to obtain a model of P300 development across the lifespan. In both studies logarithmic Gaussian models fitted the latency and amplitude data best. The P300 latency and amplitude follow a maturational path from childhood to adolescence, resulting in a period that marks a plateau, after which degenerative effects begin. We were able to determine ages that mark a maximum (in P300 amplitude) or trough (in P300 latency) segregating maturational from degenerative stages. We found these points of deflection occurred at different ages.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>It is hypothesized that latency and amplitude index different aspects of brain maturation. The P300 latency possibly indexes neural speed or brain efficiency. The P300 amplitude might index neural power or cognitive resources, which increase with maturation.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087347
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Martijn Arns
Marijtje L A Jongsma
Roy P C Kessels
P300 development across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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title P300 development across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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