Studying Brain Function in Children Using MagnetoencephalographyHannah Rapaport 1,2, Robert A. Seymour 1,2,3, Paul F. Sowman 1,2, Nick Benikos 1,2, Elisabeth Stylianou 1,2, Blake W. Johnson 1,2, Stephen Crain 1,4, Wei He 1,2
1ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, 2Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, 3Aston Brain Centre, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, 4Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University
This article introduces a child-friendly research protocol designed to improve data quality by reducing head movement during pediatric magnetoencephalography (MEG). We familiarize families with the MEG environment, train children to remain still using an MEG simulator, and correct for residual head movement artefacts using a real-time head movement detection system.
