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Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2009 Sep 24;83(1):7–14. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.09.007

Table 1.

Summary of findings for all studies examining differences in resting frontal EEG asymmetries between infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers.

Study Reference Age Hz Band Findings
Dawson, Ashman, Hessl, Spieker et al., 2001 LM 13-15-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Dawson, Frey, Panagiotides, Osterling et al., 1997 LM 13-15-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Dawson, Frey, Panagiotides, Yamada, et al., 1999 LM 13-15-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Dawson, Klinger, Panagiotides, Hill, et al., 1992 Cz 11-17-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Diego, Field, Hart, Hernandez-Reif, et al., 2002 Cz 3-6-Mo 6–9Hz ❍I ●W
Diego, Field, Hernandez-Reif et al., 2004 Cz 1-Wk 3–12Hz ❍ND ●D
Diego, Field, Jones & Hernandez-Reif, 2006 Cz 1-Wk
3-6-Mo
3–13Hz
3–13Hz
●I ● W
❍I ●W
Diego, Field, Jones et al., 2004 Cz 3-6-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Field, Diego, Dieter et al., 2001 Cz 1-Wk 3–12Hz ❍I ●W
Field, Diego, Dieter et al., 2004 Cz 1-Wk 3–13Hz ❍ND ●D
Field, Fox, Pickens & Nawroki, 1995 Cz 3-6-Mo 3–12Hz ❍ND ●D
Field, Pickens, Fox, Gonzales, et al., 1998 Cz 3-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Jones, Field, Fox et al., 1997a Cz 3-6-Mo
3-Yr
6–9Hz
6–9Hz
❍ND ●D
❍ND ●D
Jones, Field, Davalos, et al., 1997b Cz 1-Mo
3Mo
2–6Hz
2–6Hz
❍ND ●D
❍ND ●D
Jones, Field, Fox, Davalos et al., 1997c Cz 3-Mo
6-Mo
6–9Hz
6–9Hz
●I ● W
❍I ●W
Jones, Field, Fox et al., 1998 Cz 1Wk 3–13Hz ❍ND ●D
Jones, Field, Fox et al., 2001 Cz 10-Mo 6–9Hz ❍ND ●D
Jones & Field, 1998 Cz 1Wk 3–13Hz ❍ND ●D
Jones, McFall & Diego, 2004 Cz 1-Mo
3Mo
3–6Hz
6–9Hz
❍ND ●D
❍ND ●D

❍ND ●D = Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater right frontal EEG asymmetry (greater left than right frontal EEG power) than infants of non-depressed mothers.

❍I ●W = Infants of depressed withdrawn mothers exhibited greater right frontal EEG asymmetry (greater left than right frontal EEG power) than infants intrusive depressed mothers.

●I ● W = Both infants of depressed intrusive and withdrawn mothers exhibited greater right frontal EEG asymmetry (greater left than right frontal EEG power) than infants intrusive depressed mothers.

Reference locations: Cz = vertex, LM = Linked Mastoids.