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Vanbilsen N, Kotz SA, Rosso M, Leman M, Triccas LT, Feys P, Moumdjian L. Auditory attention measured by EEG in neurological populations: systematic review of literature and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21064. [PMID: 38030693 PMCID: PMC10687139 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47597-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Sensorimotor synchronization strategies have been frequently used for gait rehabilitation in different neurological populations. Despite these positive effects on gait, attentional processes required to dynamically attend to the auditory stimuli needs elaboration. Here, we investigate auditory attention in neurological populations compared to healthy controls quantified by EEG recordings. Literature was systematically searched in databases PubMed and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria were investigation of auditory attention quantified by EEG recordings in neurological populations in cross-sectional studies. In total, 35 studies were included, including participants with Parkinson's disease (PD), stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). A meta-analysis was performed on P3 amplitude and latency separately to look at the differences between neurological populations and healthy controls in terms of P3 amplitude and latency. Overall, neurological populations showed impairments in auditory processing in terms of magnitude and delay compared to healthy controls. Consideration of individual auditory processes and thereafter selecting and/or designing the auditory structure during sensorimotor synchronization paradigms in neurological physical rehabilitation is recommended.
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- Nele Vanbilsen
- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium.
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
- Université de Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie: Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition, Lille, France
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- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Department of Movement and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, UK
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- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Universitair Multiple Sclerosis Centrum (UMSC), Hasselt-Pelt, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, University of Hasselt, Agoralaan Gebouw A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, IPEM Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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Clements GM, Gyurkovics M, Low KA, Beck DM, Fabiani M, Gratton G. Dynamics of alpha suppression and enhancement may be related to resource competition in cross-modal cortical regions. Neuroimage 2022; 252:119048. [PMID: 35248706 PMCID: PMC9017396 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the face of multiple sensory streams, there may be competition for processing resources in multimodal cortical area devoted to establishing representations. In such cases, alpha oscillations may serve to maintain the relevant representations and protect them from interference, whereas theta band activity may facilitate their updating when needed. It can be hypothesized that these oscillations would differ in response to an auditory stimulus when the eyes are open or closed, as intermodal resource competition may be more prominent in the former than in the latter case. Across two studies we investigated the role of alpha and theta power in multimodal competition using an auditory task with the eyes open and closed, respectively enabling and disabling visual processing in parallel with the incoming auditory stream. In a passive listening task (Study 1a), we found alpha suppression following a pip tone with both eyes open and closed, but subsequent alpha enhancement only with closed eyes. We replicated this eyes-closed alpha enhancement in an independent sample (Study 1b). In an active auditory oddball task (Study 2), we again observed the eyes open/eyes closed alpha pattern found in Study 1 and also demonstrated that the more attentionally demanding oddball trials elicit the largest oscillatory effects. Theta power did not interact with eye status in either study. We propose a hypothesis to account for the findings in which alpha may be endemic to multimodal cortical areas in addition to visual ones.
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- Grace M Clements
- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA; Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA; Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA; Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA; Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
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Reed CL, Siqi-Liu A, Lydic K, Lodge M, Chitre A, Denaro C, Petropoulos A, Joshi J, Bukach CM, Couperus JW. Selective contributions of executive function ability to the P3. Int J Psychophysiol 2022; 176:54-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Doradzińska Ł, Wójcik MJ, Paź M, Nowicka MM, Nowicka A, Bola M. Unconscious perception of one's own name modulates amplitude of the P3B ERP component. Neuropsychologia 2020; 147:107564. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nelli S, Itthipuripat S, Srinivasan R, Serences JT. Fluctuations in instantaneous frequency predict alpha amplitude during visual perception. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2071. [PMID: 29234068 PMCID: PMC5727061 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02176-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rhythmic neural activity in the alpha band (8-13 Hz) is thought to have an important role in the selective processing of visual information. Typically, modulations in alpha amplitude and instantaneous frequency are thought to reflect independent mechanisms impacting dissociable aspects of visual information processing. However, in complex systems with interacting oscillators such as the brain, amplitude and frequency are mathematically dependent. Here, we record electroencephalography in human subjects and show that both alpha amplitude and instantaneous frequency predict behavioral performance in the same visual discrimination task. Consistent with a model of coupled oscillators, we show that fluctuations in instantaneous frequency predict alpha amplitude on a single trial basis, empirically demonstrating that these metrics are not independent. This interdependence suggests that changes in amplitude and instantaneous frequency reflect a common change in the excitatory and inhibitory neural activity that regulates alpha oscillations and visual information processing.
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- Stephanie Nelli
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
- Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 10140, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Dreo J, Attia D, Pirtošek Z, Repovš G. The P3 cognitive ERP has at least some sensory modality-specific generators: Evidence from high-resolution EEG. Psychophysiology 2016; 54:416-428. [PMID: 28039922 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The P3 can arguably be named the most intensely studied ERP. In spite of more than 40 years of research, fundamental questions regarding the nature of its neural generators remain unresolved. While most studies conclude that the P3 is a true classical "endogenous" potential, and that its surface potential distribution remains constant across sensory modalities, these results are largely based on low-density EEG recordings, without the use of high-resolution methods such as the spherical spline Laplacian (SSL). Seventeen healthy participants performed a three-stimulus oddball task in visual and auditory modality while their EEG was recorded using a 128-channel system. Comparison of amplitude-normalized SSL estimated P3 brain-surface potentials, and analysis of spatial and temporal correlations revealed significant differences between visual and auditory evoked P3 topographies from target and distractor stimuli (but not target minus frequent or distractor minus frequent comparisons). Based on these results, we postulate the likely existence of at least some sensory modality-specific neuronal generators of the P3.
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- Jurij Dreo
- Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Chair of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Gajewski PD, Drizinsky J, Zülch J, Falkenstein M. ERP Correlates of Simulated Purchase Decisions. Front Neurosci 2016; 10:360. [PMID: 27551258 PMCID: PMC4976093 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Decision making in economic context is an everyday activity but its neuronal correlates are poorly understood. The present study aimed at investigating the electrophysiological brain activity during simulated purchase decisions of technical products for a lower or higher price relative to a mean price estimated in a pilot study. Expectedly, participants mostly decided to buy a product when it was cheap and not to buy when it was expensive. However, in some trials they made counter-conformity decisions to buy a product for a higher than the average price or not to buy it despite an attractive price. These responses took more time and the variability of the response latency was enhanced relative to conformity responses. ERPs showed enhanced conflict related fronto-central N2 during both types of counter-conformity compared to conformity decisions. A reverse pattern was found for the P3a and P3b. The response-locked P3 (r-P3) was larger and the subsequent CNV smaller for counter-conformity than conformity decisions. We assume that counter-conformity decisions elevate the response threshold (larger N2), intensify response evaluation (r-P3) and attenuate the preparation for the next trial (CNV). These effects were discussed in the framework of the functional role of the fronto-parietal cortex in economic decision making.
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- Patrick D Gajewski
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at Technische Universität Dortmund Dortmund, Germany
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- LdV-C3-Lab, Chair of Industrial Sales Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum Bochum, Germany
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- LdV-C3-Lab, Chair of Industrial Sales Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum Bochum, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at Technische Universität DortmundDortmund, Germany; Institute for Working, Learning and AgingBochum, Germany
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Bachiller A, Romero S, Molina V, Alonso JF, Mañanas MA, Poza J, Hornero R. Auditory P3a and P3b neural generators in schizophrenia: An adaptive sLORETA P300 localization approach. Schizophr Res 2015; 169:318-325. [PMID: 26481687 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The present study investigates the neural substrates underlying cognitive processing in schizophrenia (Sz) patients. To this end, an auditory 3-stimulus oddball paradigm was used to identify P3a and P3b components, elicited by rare-distractor and rare-target tones, respectively. Event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded from 31 Sz patients and 38 healthy controls. The P3a and P3b brain-source generators were identified by time-averaging of low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) current density images. In contrast with the commonly used fixed window of interest (WOI), we proposed to apply an adaptive WOI, which takes into account subjects' P300 latency variability. Our results showed different P3a and P3b source activation patterns in both groups. P3b sources included frontal, parietal and limbic lobes, whereas P3a response generators were localized over bilateral frontal and superior temporal regions. These areas have been related to the discrimination of auditory stimulus and to the inhibition (P3a) or the initiation (P3b) of motor response in a cognitive task. In addition, differences in source localization between Sz and control groups were observed. Sz patients showed lower P3b source activity in bilateral frontal structures and the cingulate. P3a generators were less widespread for Sz patients than for controls in right superior, medial and middle frontal gyrus. Our findings suggest that target and distractor processing involves distinct attentional subsystems, both being altered in Sz. Hence, the study of neuroelectric brain information can provide further insights to understand cognitive processes and underlying mechanisms in Sz.
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- Alejandro Bachiller
- Biomedical Engineering Group, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER-BBN, Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Spain.
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- Psychiatry Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; INCYL, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
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- Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER-BBN, Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Spain.
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- Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER-BBN, Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Spain.
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- Biomedical Engineering Group, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; INCYL, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; IMUVA, Instituto de Investigación en Matemáticas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- Biomedical Engineering Group, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; IMUVA, Instituto de Investigación en Matemáticas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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Wessel JR, Aron AR. It's not too late: the onset of the frontocentral P3 indexes successful response inhibition in the stop-signal paradigm. Psychophysiology 2014; 52:472-80. [PMID: 25348645 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The frontocentral P3 event-related potential has been proposed as a neural marker of response inhibition. However, this association is disputed: some argue that P3 latency is too late relative to the timing of action stopping (stop-signal reaction time; SSRT) to index response inhibition. We tested whether P3 onset latency is a marker of response inhibition, and whether it coincides with the timing predicted by neurocomputational models. We measured EEG in 62 participants during the stop-signal task, and used independent component analysis and permutation statistics to measure the P3 onset in each participant. We show that P3 onset latency is shorter when stopping is successful, that it is highly correlated with SSRT, and that it coincides with the purported timing of the inhibition process (towards the end of SSRT). These results demonstrate the utility of P3 onset latency as a noninvasive, temporally precise neural marker of the response inhibition process.
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- Jan R Wessel
- Psychology Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Halder S, Ruf CA, Furdea A, Pasqualotto E, De Massari D, van der Heiden L, Bogdan M, Rosenstiel W, Birbaumer N, Kübler A, Matuz T. Prediction of P300 BCI aptitude in severe motor impairment. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76148. [PMID: 24204597 PMCID: PMC3799852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) provide a non-muscular communication channel for persons with severe motor impairments. Previous studies have shown that the aptitude with which a BCI can be controlled varies from person to person. A reliable predictor of performance could facilitate selection of a suitable BCI paradigm. Eleven severely motor impaired participants performed three sessions of a P300 BCI web browsing task. Before each session auditory oddball data were collected to predict the BCI aptitude of the participants exhibited in the current session. We found a strong relationship of early positive and negative potentials around 200 ms (elicited with the auditory oddball task) with performance. The amplitude of the P2 (r = −0.77) and of the N2 (r = −0.86) had the strongest correlations. Aptitude prediction using an auditory oddball was successful. The finding that the N2 amplitude is a stronger predictor of performance than P3 amplitude was reproduced after initially showing this effect with a healthy sample of BCI users. This will reduce strain on the end-users by minimizing the time needed to find suitable paradigms and inspire new approaches to improve performance.
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- Sebastian Halder
- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ospedale San Camillo, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione, Venezia-Lido, Italy
- Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Cognitive Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Computer Engineering, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Computer Engineering, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ospedale San Camillo, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione, Venezia-Lido, Italy
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Halder S, Hammer EM, Kleih SC, Bogdan M, Rosenstiel W, Birbaumer N, Kübler A. Prediction of auditory and visual p300 brain-computer interface aptitude. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53513. [PMID: 23457444 PMCID: PMC3573031 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) provide a non-muscular communication channel for patients with late-stage motoneuron disease (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)) or otherwise motor impaired people and are also used for motor rehabilitation in chronic stroke. Differences in the ability to use a BCI vary from person to person and from session to session. A reliable predictor of aptitude would allow for the selection of suitable BCI paradigms. For this reason, we investigated whether P300 BCI aptitude could be predicted from a short experiment with a standard auditory oddball. METHODS Forty healthy participants performed an electroencephalography (EEG) based visual and auditory P300-BCI spelling task in a single session. In addition, prior to each session an auditory oddball was presented. Features extracted from the auditory oddball were analyzed with respect to predictive power for BCI aptitude. RESULTS Correlation between auditory oddball response and P300 BCI accuracy revealed a strong relationship between accuracy and N2 amplitude and the amplitude of a late ERP component between 400 and 600 ms. Interestingly, the P3 amplitude of the auditory oddball response was not correlated with accuracy. CONCLUSIONS Event-related potentials recorded during a standard auditory oddball session moderately predict aptitude in an audiory and highly in a visual P300 BCI. The predictor will allow for faster paradigm selection. SIGNIFICANCE Our method will reduce strain on patients because unsuccessful training may be avoided, provided the results can be generalized to the patient population.
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- Sebastian Halder
- Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Parra MA, Ascencio LL, Urquina HF, Manes F, Ibáñez AM. P300 and neuropsychological assessment in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer dementia. Front Neurol 2012; 3:172. [PMID: 23227021 PMCID: PMC3514532 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Only a small proportion of individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) will convert to dementia. Methods currently available to identify risk for conversion do not combine enough sensitivity and specificity, which is even more problematic in low-educated populations. Current guidelines suggest the use of combined markers for dementia to enhance the prediction accuracy of assessment methods. The present study adhered to this proposal and investigated the sensitivity and specificity of the electrophysiological component P300 and standard neuropsychological tests to assess patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and MCI recruited from a low-income country. The neuropsychological battery comprised tests of memory, attention, language, praxis, and executive functions. The P300 was recorded using a classical visual odd-ball paradigm. Three variables were found to achieve sensitivity and specificity values above 80% (Immediate and Delayed recall of word list - CERAD - and the latency of P300) for both MCI and AD. When they entered the model together (i.e., combined approach) the sensitivity for MCI increased to 96% and the specificity remained high (80%). Our preliminary findings suggest that the combined use of sensitive neuropsychological tasks and the analysis of the P300 may offer a very useful method for the preclinical assessment of AD, particularly in populations with low socioeconomic and educational levels. Our results provide a platform and justification to employ more resources to convert P300 and related parameters into a biological marker for AD.
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- Mario A. Parra
- Scottish Dementia Clinical Research NetworkPerth, Scotland, UK
- Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology Department, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, UK
- Neuropsy and Biomedical Unit, Health Faculty, Surcolombiana UniversityNeiva, Colombia
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- Neuropsy and Biomedical Unit, Health Faculty, Surcolombiana UniversityNeiva, Colombia
- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neurosciences, Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro UniversityBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neurosciences, Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro UniversityBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neurosciences, Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro UniversityBuenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Universidad Diego PortalesSantiago, Chile
- National Scientific and Technical Research CouncilBuenos Aires, Argentina
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Cipresso P, Carelli L, Solca F, Meazzi D, Meriggi P, Poletti B, Lulé D, Ludolph AC, Silani V, Riva G. The use of P300-based BCIs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: from augmentative and alternative communication to cognitive assessment. Brain Behav 2012; 2:479-98. [PMID: 22950051 PMCID: PMC3432970 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2011] [Revised: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as effective means to compensate for the progressive loss of verbal and gestural communication, has been deeply investigated in the recent literature. The development of advanced AAC systems, such as eye-tracking (ET) and brain-computer interface (BCI) devices, allowed to bypass the important motor difficulties present in ALS patients. In particular, BCIs could be used in moderate to severe stages of the disease, since they do not require preserved ocular-motor ability, which is necessary for ET applications. Furthermore, some studies have proved the reliability of BCIs, regardless of the severity of the disease and the level of physical decline. However, the use of BCI in ALS patients still shows some limitations, related to both technical and neuropsychological issues. In particular, a range of cognitive deficits in most ALS patients have been observed. At the moment, no effective verbal-motor free measures are available for the evaluation of ALS patients' cognitive integrity; BCIs could offer a new possibility to administer cognitive tasks without the need of verbal or motor responses, as highlighted by preliminary studies in this field. In this review, we outline the essential features of BCIs systems, considering advantages and challenges of these tools with regard to ALS patients and the main applications developed in this field. We then outline the main findings with regard to cognitive deficits observed in ALS and some preliminary attempts to evaluate them by means of BCIs. The definition of specific cognitive profiles could help to draw flexible approaches tailored on patients' needs. It could improve BCIs efficacy and reduce patients' efforts. Finally, we handle the open question, represented by the use of BCIs with totally locked in patients, who seem unable to reliably learn to use such tool.
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- Applied Technology for Neuro‐Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience ‐ “Dino Ferrari” Center ‐ Università degli Studi di Milano ‐ IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience ‐ “Dino Ferrari” Center ‐ Università degli Studi di Milano ‐ IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy
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- Applied Technology for Neuro‐Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Polo Tecnologico–Biomedical Technology Department, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience ‐ “Dino Ferrari” Center ‐ Università degli Studi di Milano ‐ IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology ‐ University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience ‐ “Dino Ferrari” Center ‐ Università degli Studi di Milano ‐ IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy
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- Applied Technology for Neuro‐Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Tsai ML, Hung KL, Tao-Hsin Tung W, Chiang TR. Age-changed normative auditory event-related potential value in children in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2012; 111:245-52. [PMID: 22656394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Event-related potentials (ERPs) reflect higher cortical function and the P3 (P300) wave has been associated with various sensory, cognitive, and attention processes. The aims of this study were to understand the age-related change in ERPs in children between the ages of 6 and 13 years and to establish a normal reference value for Taiwanese children for use in future study of neurocognitive dysfunction in children. METHODS Using an auditory oddball paradigm, ERPs were recorded in 63 mentally and physically normal children ages 6 to 13 years. Parietal, central, and frontal ERP long-latency components (N1, P2, N2, P3) were measured in each test participant. RESULTS Linear regression analysis demonstrated a significant linear decrease in P3, P2, N2, and N1 latencies and a significant linear increase in P3, P2, and N1 amplitudes in children between the ages of 6 and 13 years. P3 latency was significantly longer in children ages 6-7 years than in older children. The parietal P3 latency decreases 6.7 msec per year from ages 6 to 13 years. A wide variation in P3 latency in the children ages 6-7 years and a significant increase in P3 amplitude in those ages 12-13 years were observed from our data. A significant increase in P2 amplitude was also observed in children older than 10 years. CONCLUSION The authors conclude that there exists an age-related change in ERP latency and amplitude during childhood. A negative correlation between ERP latencies and age and a positive correlation between ERP amplitude and age were found in this study. The authors emphasize that the auditory ERP value in children is not equal to that of adults. A normative auditory ERP value in children should be established prior to clinical application.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, 45 Cheng-Hsin Street, Beito District, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Rimmele J, Jolsvai H, Sussman E. Auditory target detection is affected by implicit temporal and spatial expectations. J Cogn Neurosci 2010; 23:1136-47. [PMID: 20146603 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Mechanisms of implicit spatial and temporal orienting were investigated by using a moving auditory stimulus. Expectations were set up implicitly, using the information inherent in the movement of a sound, directing attention to a specific moment in time with respect to a specific location. There were four conditions of expectation: temporal and spatial expectation; temporal expectation only; spatial expectation only; and no expectation. Event-related brain potentials were recorded while participants performed a go/no-go task, set up by anticipation of the reappearance of a target tone through a white noise band. Results showed that (1) temporal expectations alone speeded reaction time and increased response accuracy; and (2) implicit temporal expectations alone independently enhanced target detection at early processing stages, prior to motor response. This was reflected at stages of perceptual analysis, indexed by P1 and N1 components, as well as in task-related stages indexed by N2; and (3) spatial expectations had an effect at later response-related processing stages but only in combination with temporal expectations, indexed by the P3 component. Thus, the results, in addition to indicating a primary role for temporal orienting in audition, suggest that multiple mechanisms of attention interact in different phases of auditory target detection. Our results are consistent with the view from vision research that spatial and temporal attentional control is based on the activity of partly overlapping, and partly functionally specialized neural networks.
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The P300 event-related potentials: A one-humped dromedary's saddle on a two-humped camel. Behav Brain Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00058179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Event-related potentials and cognition: A critique of the context updating hypothesis and an alternative interpretation of P3. Behav Brain Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00058015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 666] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Neither context updating nor context closure corresponds closely to human performance concepts. Behav Brain Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00058209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Duncan CC, Barry RJ, Connolly JF, Fischer C, Michie PT, Näätänen R, Polich J, Reinvang I, Van Petten C. Event-related potentials in clinical research: guidelines for eliciting, recording, and quantifying mismatch negativity, P300, and N400. Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 120:1883-1908. [PMID: 19796989 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 737] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This paper describes recommended methods for the use of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) in clinical research and reviews applications to a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Techniques are presented for eliciting, recording, and quantifying three major cognitive components with confirmed clinical utility: mismatch negativity (MMN), P300, and N400. Also highlighted are applications of each of the components as methods of investigating central nervous system pathology. The guidelines are intended to assist investigators who use ERPs in clinical research, in an effort to provide clear and concise recommendations and thereby to standardize methodology and facilitate comparability of data across laboratories.
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- Clinical Psychophysiology and Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- School of Psychology and Brain & Behaviour Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Neurological Hospital and INSERM U821, Lyon, France
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- School of Psychology, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cognitive Electrophysiology Laboratory, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USA
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Klobassa DS, Vaughan TM, Brunner P, Schwartz NE, Wolpaw JR, Neuper C, Sellers EW. Toward a high-throughput auditory P300-based brain-computer interface. Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 120:1252-61. [PMID: 19574091 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2008] [Revised: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology can provide severely disabled people with non-muscular communication. For those most severely disabled, limitations in eye mobility or visual acuity may necessitate auditory BCI systems. The present study investigates the efficacy of the use of six environmental sounds to operate a 6x6 P300 Speller. METHODS A two-group design was used to ascertain whether participants benefited from visual cues early in training. Group A (N=5) received only auditory stimuli during all 11 sessions, whereas Group AV (N=5) received simultaneous auditory and visual stimuli in initial sessions after which the visual stimuli were systematically removed. Stepwise linear discriminant analysis determined the matrix item that elicited the largest P300 response and thereby identified the desired choice. RESULTS Online results and offline analyses showed that the two groups achieved equivalent accuracy. In the last session, eight of 10 participants achieved 50% or more, and four of these achieved 75% or more, online accuracy (2.8% accuracy expected by chance). Mean bit rates averaged about 2 bits/min, and maximum bit rates reached 5.6 bits/min. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that an auditory P300 BCI is feasible, that reasonable classification accuracy and rate of communication are achievable, and that the paradigm should be further evaluated with a group of severely disabled participants who have limited visual mobility. SIGNIFICANCE With further development, this auditory P300 BCI could be of substantial value to severely disabled people who cannot use a visual BCI.
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- Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept. Health, Albany, NY, USA.
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We manipulated categorical typicality and the presence of conflicting information as participants categorized multifeatured artificial animals. In Experiment 1, rule-irrelevant features were correlated with particular categories during training. In the test phase, participants applied a one-dimensional rule to stimuli with rule-irrelevant features that were category-congruent, category-incongruent, or novel. Category-incongruent and novel features delayed RT and P3 latency, but had no effect on the N2. Experiment 2 used a two-dimensional rule to create conflict between rule-relevant features. Conflict resulted in prolonged RTs and larger amplitudes of a prefrontal positive component, but had no impact on the N2. Stimuli with novel features did elicit a larger N2 than those with frequent features. These results suggest limitations on the generality of the N2's sensitivity to conflicting information while confirming its sensitivity to attended visual novelty.
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Short-term consolidation of visual patterns interferes with visuo-spatial attention: converging evidence from human electrophysiology. Brain Res 2007; 1185:158-69. [PMID: 17936730 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In order to investigate the interplay between visuo-spatial attention and central attention, we varied the relative probability (25% vs. 75%) of the responses to lateralized targets in an attentional blink paradigm. When the first target was associated with a less probable response, we observed a larger attentional blink, that is, a general reduction in accuracy for the second target. The efficiency of deployment of spatial attention to the second target was also reduced as a function of the response frequency for the first target. Both the N2pc, an event-related potential (ERP) associated with the deployment of attention in visual space, and the SPCN (sustained posterior contralateral negativity), an ERP associated with the maintenance of information in visual short-term memory, time-locked to T2 were significantly reduced when the first target was associated with a less frequent response. Furthermore, the P3 ERP to T2 was abolished when the response to T1 was rare but not when it was frequent. The results show that the association of T1 to either a rare or frequent response causes significant interference with the deployment of visual spatial attention to T2, and with the short-term consolidation of T2 into visual short-term memory.
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Sessa P, Luria R, Verleger R, Dell'Acqua R. P3 latency shifts in the attentional blink: Further evidence for second target processing postponement. Brain Res 2007; 1137:131-9. [PMID: 17258178 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A rapid serial visual presentation technique was used to display sequentially two targets, T1 and T2, and monitor P3 amplitude and latency variations associated with the attentional blink (AB) effect. A red T1 digit was embedded on each trial in a sequence of black letters. T2 was either masked by a trailing stimulus or not masked. T1 had to be identified on a proportion of trials, or ignored in other trials. T2 was the black letter 'E' on 20% of the trials, or any other non-'E' black letter in the other 80% of the trials. A delayed 'E' detection task was required at the end of each trial. An AB was observed when T1 had to be reported and T2 was masked. The AB effect was associated with a sizable amplitude reduction of the P3 component time locked to T2 onset. When T2 was not masked, no AB or P3 amplitude variations were observed. When T1 had to be reported, a delayed P3 peak latency was observed at short compared to long T1-T2 intervals. No effect of T1-T2 interval was observed on the T2-locked P3 peak latency when T1 could be ignored. Taken together these findings provide converging evidence in support of temporal attention models bridging behavior and electrophysiology that postulate a direct link between the cause of the AB effect and the sources of both amplitude and latency variations in the T2-locked P3 component.
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padua, Italy
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Sellers EW, Donchin E. A P300-based brain–computer interface: Initial tests by ALS patients. Clin Neurophysiol 2006; 117:538-48. [PMID: 16461003 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2005] [Revised: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 06/24/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The current study evaluates the effectiveness of a brain-computer interface (BCI) system that operates by detecting a P300 elicited by one of four randomly presented stimuli (i.e. YES, NO, PASS, END). METHODS Two groups of participants were tested. The first group included three amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients that varied in degree of disability, but all retained the ability to communicate; the second group included three non-ALS controls. Each participant participated in ten experimental sessions during a period of approximately 6 weeks. During each run the participant's task was to attend to one stimulus and disregard the other three. Stimuli were presented auditorily, visually, or in both modes. RESULTS Two of the 3 ALS patient's classification rates were equal to those achieved by the non-ALS participants. Waveform morphology varied as a function of the presentation mode, but not in a similar pattern for each participant. CONCLUSIONS The event-related potentials elicited by the target stimuli could be discriminated from the non-target stimuli for the non-ALS and the ALS groups. Future studies will begin to examine online classification. SIGNIFICANCE The results of offline classification suggest that a P300-based BCI can serve as a non-muscular communication device in both ALS, and non-ALS control groups.
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- Eric W Sellers
- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, E1001 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA.
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Croizé AC, Ragot R, Garnero L, Ducorps A, Pélégrini-Issac M, Dauchot K, Benali H, Burnod Y. Dynamics of parietofrontal networks underlying visuospatial short-term memory encoding. Neuroimage 2005; 23:787-99. [PMID: 15528080 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Accepted: 10/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Brain imaging studies in TEP, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) have shown that visuospatial short-term memory tasks depend on dorsal parietofrontal networks. Knowing the spatiotemporal dynamics of this network would provide further understanding of the neural bases of the encoding process. We combined magnetoencephalography (MEG) with EEG and fMRI techniques to study this network in a task, in which participants had to judge the symmetry in position of two dots, presented either simultaneously ("immediate comparison") or successively ("memorization" of a first dot and "delayed comparison", after 3 s, with a second dot). With EEG, larger amplitude was observed in the parietocentral P3b component (350-500 ms) in the immediate and "delayed comparisons" than in "memorization" condition, where topography at this time was more anterior and right lateralized. MEG provided a more accurate localization and temporal variations of sources, revealing a strong M4 component at 450 ms in the "memorization" condition, with two sources localized in parietal and right premotor regions. These localizations are consistent with both fMRI foci and EEG cortical current source densities (CSD), but only MEG revealed the strong increase in premotor region at 450 ms related to "memorization". These combined results suggest that EEG P3B and MEG M4 components reflect two different dynamics in parietofrontal networks: the parietocentral P3b indexes a decision mechanism during the immediate and "delayed comparisons", whereas the MEG M4 component, with a larger right premotor source, reflects the encoding process in visuospatial short-term memory.
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- Cerebral Plasticity and Adaptation of Visuo-Motor Functions Laboratory, INSERM U483, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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The photoperiod model of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) suggests that SAD is caused by abnormal responses to seasonal changes in day length. Clarifying the utility of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) as diagnostic aids or measures of therapeutic efficacy in SAD requires understanding the range of naturally occurring seasonal patterns of variation in human responses. This investigation studied ERPs from non-patients (402 from men, 415 from women) during the pronounced photoperiod variation of the Alaskan subarctic where light availability ranges from 3.20 h in winter to 21.98 h in summer. ANOVA showed significant (P=0.03) main effect of photoperiod in the amplitude and latency of P300 responses, as well as a main effect of sensory modality (P=0.002). There was neither a main effect of gender, nor any significant gender-interactive effect in ERP responses. In clients with SAD, the ERP variability attributed to seasonal photoperiod remains to be clarified.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 756480, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6480, USA
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Radlo SJ, Janelle CM, Barba DA, Frehlich SG. Perceptual decision making for baseball pitch recognition: using P300 latency and amplitude to index attentional processing. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2001; 72:22-31. [PMID: 11253316 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2001.10608928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This study was designed to examine the perceptual and attentional processes associated with the effects of administering a cost-benefit precuing paradigm to intermediate and advance-level baseball batters. Psychophysiological and performance data obtained from 10 advanced and 10 intermediate-level players were compared. A total of 400 pitches (200 fastballs, 200 curveballs) was randomly presented via a large projection screen, and participants pressed one of two buttons to indicate the type of pitch thrown. Verbal precues were given for 300 of the pitches. Of those, 75% were valid, and 25% were invalid. Electroencephalographic data collected from the P location was used to assess the latency and amplitude of P300. Analysis of variance (Skill Level x Precue x Pitch) for P300 and reaction time (RT) indicated that intermediate batters produced shorter P300 latencies, larger P300 amplitudes, longer RTs, and less correct responses than the advanced batters; the effects were more pronounced for the curveballs. These results suggest that intermediate batters are less efficient in their perceptual decision-making processes due to greater limitations in attentional capacity when compared with advanced batters.
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- Department of Physical Education, Western Illinois University, USA.
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Sanz M, Molina V, Martin-Loeches M, Calcedo A, Rubia FJ. Auditory P300 event related potential and serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Psychiatry Res 2001; 101:75-81. [PMID: 11223122 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(00)00250-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Neuropsychological findings in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been explained in terms of reduced cognitive shifting ability as a result of low levels of frontal inhibitory activity. This deficit could be reflected in an abnormal P300 component of the event-related potential. The improvement in cognitive processing due to pharmacological treatment would modify the P300 component, bringing it close to that of normal controls. Nineteen patients suffering from OCD and 19 normal controls were recorded. We used a computerized version of the auditory 'odd-ball paradigm' to obtain the P300 component at the Pz electrode. Patients were tested twice, drug-free and under treatment with clomipramine in 250-300 mg doses. We observed the P300 component to have lower amplitude and longer latency in drug-free OCD patients when compared with controls. P300 amplitude in OCD increased after treatment, although this was supported only by a statistical trend. There was no modification in P300 latency after treatment. It is possible that inhibitory activity improves with treatment and allows patients to answer with more confidence, which results in an increase in P300 amplitude. This study suggests that cognitive dysfunction in OCD fluctuates with changes in the clinical associated with treatment, probably in relationship to central serotoninergic transmission.
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- CSM of Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain.
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Letters of the alphabet have auditory (phonemic) and visual (graphemic) qualities. To investigate the neural representations of such audiovisual objects, we recorded neuromagnetic cortical responses to auditorily, visually, and audiovisually presented single letters. The auditory and visual brain activations first converged around 225 ms after stimulus onset and then interacted predominantly in the right temporo-occipito-parietal junction (280345 ms) and the left (380-540 ms) and right (450-535 ms) superior temporal sulci. These multisensory brain areas, playing a role in audiovisual integration of phonemes and graphemes, participate in the neural network supporting the supramodal concept of a "letter." The dynamics of these functions bring new insight into the interplay between sensory and association cortices during object recognition.
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- Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
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Pineda JA, Westerfield M, Kronenberg BM, Kubrin J. Human and monkey P3-like responses in a mixed modality paradigm: effects of context and context-dependent noradrenergic influences. Int J Psychophysiol 1997; 27:223-40. [PMID: 9451581 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8760(97)00061-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Previous studies in non-human primates have reported that noradrenergic agents, such as the alpha 2 agonist clonidine, affect auditory but not visual P3 responses. One explanation for these effects may be that distinct modalities are differentially susceptible to noradrenergic influences--a modality-dependent effect. Another possibility is that noradrenergic effects are modality-independent but context-dependent. Two separate experiments, in humans and monkeys, examined the role of stimulus modality, context and noradrenergic activity in an attempt to elucidate the nature of the relationship between P3 and the action of this catecholamine neurotransmitter. In Experiment 1, human subjects were exposed to two versions of a mixed modality oddball paradigm. In one version, the context or background activity was auditory, while in the other it was visual. In both versions of the paradigm, the same auditory and visual rare targets occurred. The results indicated that N2 and P3 to visual targets were more sensitive to changes in context than those to auditory targets. In both cases, N2 and P3 amplitudes to targets were enhanced when the eliciting event and context differed. A modality-specific N2b, on the other hand, was enhanced when the context matched the modality of the eliciting event. In Experiment 2, monkeys received systemic injections of a saline placebo or one of three doses of the adrenergic antagonist L657,743 prior to presentation of a mixed modality oddball paradigm in a visual context. Drug effects were observed on earlier components such as N1, P2 and N2 but not on later P3-like responses. The combined findings complement previous ones from our laboratory and suggest that P3 reflects context-dependent processes and specifically context-dependent, not modality-specific, noradrenergic activity.
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA.
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Osterhout L, McKinnon R, Bersick M, Corey V. On the Language Specificity of the Brain Response to Syntactic Anomalies: Is the Syntactic Positive Shift a Member of the P300 Family? J Cogn Neurosci 1996; 8:507-26. [PMID: 23961982 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.6.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 13 scalp electrodes while subjects read sentences, some of which contained either a verb that disagreed in number with the subject noun (syntactic anomaly) or a word in uppercase letters (physical anomaly). Uppercase words elicited the P300 complex of positivities, whereas agreement violations elicited a late positive shift with an onset around 500 msec and a duration of several hundred msec. These effects differed in their morphology, temporal course, amplitude, and scalp distribution. Furthermore, manipulations of the probability-of-occurrence and task relevance of the anomalies had robust effects on the response to uppercase words, but not on the response to agreement violations. Finally, these anomalies had additive effects when agreement-violating uppercase (doubly anomalous) words were presented. These results are taken to be an initial indication that the positive shift elicited by agreement violations is distinct from the P300 response to unexpected, task-relevant anomalies that do not involve the violation of a grammatical rule.
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