Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1252-1261 , November 2008

Use of Event-Related Potentials in the Study of Typical and Atypical Development

  • Charles A. Nelson, III, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Charles A. Nelson III, Ph.D., Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1 Autumn Street, 6th Floor, Mailbox 713, Office AU621, Boston, MA 02215
    • ,
  • Joseph P. McCleery, Ph.D.

,Accepted 27 June 2008.

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 The writing of this article was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants NS034458 and MH078829 (to C.A.N.) and by Cure Autism Now/Autism Speaks (to J.P.M.).Portions of this article were presented at the 2007 research forum: The Future of Neuroimaging: Relevance for Child Psychiatry, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston, MA, October 2007.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Ellen Leibenluft in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60117-3

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318185a6d8

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1252-1261 , November 2008

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