randchildren at High and Low Risk for Depression iffer in EEG Measures of Regional Brain Asymmetry

esults: Grandchildren with both depressed parent and grandparent showed greater alpha asymmetry, with relatively less right than left emisphere activity, when compared with those with neither depressed parent nor grandparent. This difference was present over the arietal region in the eyes-closed condition. Grandchildren having either depressed parent or grandparent also tended to show heightened lpha asymmetry at parietal sites, but they did not differ significantly from those with neither depressed parent nor grandparent. Low-risk randchildren with neither depressed parent nor grandparent showed no significant alpha asymmetry.