OLIVEIRA, Maria Clara Veloso de; PESSOA, Luciana Fontes    ALVES, Heloisa Veiga Dias. Language, Executive Functions and Brain Mapping Techniques in Early Childhood: A Review. Estud. pesqui. psicol. []. 2018, 18, 1, pp.341-360. ISSN 1808-4281.

Currently, several techniques are available for the study of the human body. Regarding brain functions, brain mapping techniques, such as electroencephalography (EEG), among others, offer important insights into cognitive abilities, the form in which they manifest not only behaviorally, but also at the organic level, and how they develop across the life span. Two skills widely studied in young adults, but still little explored through brain mapping in children at early stages of development, are language and executive functions. The aim of this study was to review the literature on studies investigating the early stages of development of these functions also using the EEG, pointing to the benefits of such investigations to the area of child development. Despite being a relevant topic to the field of developmental psychology, the number of scientific studies combining these three aspects is still very small. Research and publication of national studies are needed for the adaptation and validation of instruments specifically targeted at early development stages.

: language; executive function; development; EEG.

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