Age trends and sex differences of alpha rhythms including split alpha peaks.

By A. Chiang, C. Rennie, Peter A. Robinson, Sacha Jennifer van Albada, C. C. Kerr. 2011

Subfields: Aging, Cognitive Neuroscience

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A meta-analysis of periodic and aperiodic M/EEG components in Parkinson’s disease (2025, unknown): “Individual alpha frequency gradually changes non-linearly throughout the lifespan (Aurlien et al. 2004; Cellier et al. 2021; Chiang et al. 2011; Cragg et al. n.d.; Duffy et al. 1984; Freschl et al. 2022; Grandy et al. 2013; Klimesch 1999; Knyazeva et al. 2018; Marshall et al. 2002; Turner et al.…”
Is Limited Participant Diversity Impeding EEG-based Machine Learning? (2025, unknown): “FrequencyShift showed more modest gains, but is particularly interesting to study in the context of participant diversity, because differences in peak frequencies are associated with demographic variables like age and sex [46, 47, 48].”
Theta activity and cognitive functioning: Integrating evidence from resting-state and task-related developmental electroencephalography (EEG) research (2024, background): “In adulthood, the peak of oscillatory activity shifts to the alpha range (8 – 12 Hz; Chiang et al., 2011; Klimesch, 1999).”
Age-Related Characteristics of Resting-State Electroencephalographic Signals and the Corresponding Analytic Approaches: A Review (2024, background): “In addition to these findings, several studies covering the entire human lifespan have reported that alpha peak frequency, particularly in the posterior region, increases linearly at around 20 years of age and begins to decline at around 40–50 years of age [96,103].”
Neurophysiological mechanisms of cognition in the developing brain: Insights from intracranial EEG studies (2023, unknown): “Many EEG studies have since reported similar age-related increases in peak alpha frequency during rest (Cellier et al., 2021; Chiang et al., 2011; Cragg et al., 2011; Henry and Greulich, 1944; Hill et al., 2022; Marcuse et al., 2008; Marshall et al., 2002; Miskovic et al., 2015; Perone et al.,…”
Developmental changes in individual alpha frequency: Recording EEG data during public engagement events (2023, background): “…been shown in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies to gradually change throughout the lifespan (Aurlien et al., 2004; Cellier et al., 2021; Chiang et al., 2011; Cragg et al., 2011; Duffy et al., 1984, 1993; Freschl et al., 2022; Grandy et al., 2013; Klimesch, 1999; Knyazeva et al., 2018;…”
Periodic and aperiodic neural activity displays age-dependent changes across early-to-middle childhood (2021, background): “…with a peak frequency between 3-5 Hz, which increases to 6-7 Hz by one year of age (Saby & Marshall, 2012), and continues to increase throughout childhood until reaching a peak between 8-12 Hz in early adulthood, after which it steadily declines with age (Chiang et al., 2011; Hashemi et al., 2016).”