Response preparation and cognitive control of highly intelligent children: a Go-Nogo event-related potential study

▶Gifted children had better cognitive control performances than average children. ▶Gifted children had efficient neural function in cue-related automatic process. ▶Gifted children had better cue evaluation process with larger cue-P3 activation. ▶Gifted children could detect conflict situation by eliciting faster N2 response. ▶Gifted children induced faster and stronger P3 activation for attentional control.112