Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Jones, Nancy Aaron
Abstract
EEG was examined in 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Similarly, the EEG spectra showed a developmental increase in absolute power and a decrease in lower frequency and increase in higher frequency components. Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater 8Hz lower 3Hz relative power and greater left frontal EEG log-absolute power than infants of non-depressed mothers. This profile was specially marked across a narrow frequency range which shifted from 3--9Hz to 4--9Hz by 3-months. Evaluation of 4 different asymmetry indices revealed that while both the log-absolute difference and the absolute ratio asymmetry indices best differentiated infants of depressed from infants of non-depressed mothers, the absolute ratio asymmetry index appeared to minimize within group variability. The significance of these findings are discussed.
Extent
116 p.
Recommended Citation
Diego, Miguel Angel, "EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers" (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 379.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/379
Identifier
FADT12945
Comments
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.