Comparison of infant and adult P300 from auditory stimuli.

Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) using auditory stimuli were recorded from 5- to 10-month-old infants and normal young adults with a passive tone sequence paradigm. A P3 (P300) component was obtained which demonstrated the same central-parietal maximum scalp distribution for both subject groups. P3 amplitude was smaller and its peak latency longer for infants compared to those of the adults across all electrode sites. P3 measures remained stable across stimulus trials indicating that ERP habituation was not occurring. Evaluation of individual subjects suggests that the P3 can be elicited from infants with auditory stimuli in a manner similar to that from adults and may serve as a useful index for the assessment of cognitive function in infants.

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