The power of rhythms: how steady-state evoked responses reveal early neurocognitive development

•Rhythmic stimulation provides a powerful tool to objectively assess the emergence and development of cognitive functions efficiently.•Steady-state evoked potentials (SS-EPs) are particularly robust to artifacts, and thus benefit from a high signal-to-noise ratio.•SS-EPs can be used to target a broad array of cognitive and neural processes.•We provide practical guidelines and recommendations for the implementation of SS-EP studies