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Razzaghipour A, Ashrafi M, Mohammadzadeh A. A Review of Auditory Attention: Neural Mechanisms, Theories, and Affective Disorders. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024; 76:2250-2256. [PMID: 38883545 PMCID: PMC11169100 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-04373-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Attention is a fundamental aspect of human cognitive function and is crucial for essential activities such as learning, social interaction, and routine tasks. Notably, Auditory attention involves complex interactions and collaboration among multiple brain networks. Recognizing the impairment of auditory attention, comprehending its underlying mechanisms, and identifying the activated brain regions essential for the development of treatments and interventions for individuals facing auditory attention deficits, emphasizes the significance of investigating these matters. In the current study, we conducted a review by searching for the full text of 53 articles published related to auditory attention, mechanisms, and networks in databases like Science Direct, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and PubMed using the keywords Attention, Auditory Attention, Auditory Attention Impairment, theories of attention were investigated in the years 2000 to 2023 And focused on articles that provided discussions within this research domain. The studies have demonstrated that auditory attention exceeds being an acoustic attribute and assumes a fundamental role in complex acoustic environments, information processing, and even speech comprehension. In the context of this study, we have conducted a review and summary of the proposed theories related to attention and the brain networks involved in different forms of auditory attention. In conclusion, the integration of auditory attention assessments, behavioral observations, and an understanding of the neural mechanisms and brain regions implicated in auditory attention proves to be an effective approach for the diagnosis and treatment of attention-related disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amirreza Razzaghipour
- Student Research Committee, Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Li Y, Pang J, Wang J, Wang W, Bo Q, Lei L, Wang X, Wang M. High-frequency rTMS over the left DLPFC improves the response inhibition control of young healthy participants: an ERP combined 1H-MRS study. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1144757. [PMID: 37275686 PMCID: PMC10233929 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1144757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Introduction Unlike the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating neuropsychiatric diseases, little is known about how personal factors might account for the disparity of results from studies of cognition and rTMS. In this study, we investigated the effects of high-frequency rTMS on response inhibition control and explored the time course changes in cognitive processing and brain metabolic mechanisms after rTMS using event-related potentials (ERPs) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Methods Participants were all right-handed and were naive to rTMS and the Go/NoGo task. Twenty-five healthy young participants underwent one 10 Hz rTMS session per day in which stimulation was applied over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and a homogeneous participant group of 25 individuals received a sham rTMS treatment for 1 week. A Go/NoGo task was performed, an electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded, and 1H-MRS was performed. Results The results revealed that there was a strong trend of decreasing commission errors of NoGo stimuli by high frequency rTMS over the left DLPFC, whereas there was no significant difference between before and after rTMS treatment with respect to these parameters in the sham rTMS group. High-frequency rTMS significantly increased the amplitude of NoGo-N2 but not Go-N2, Go-P3, or NoGo-P3. The myo-inositol /creatine complex (MI/Cr) ratio, indexing cerebral metabolism, in the left DLPFC was decreased in the rTMS treated group. Discussion This observation supports the view that high-frequency rTMS over the left DLPFC has the strong tendency of reducing commission errors behaviorally, increase the amplitude of NoGo-N2 and improve the response inhibition control of healthy young participants. The results are consistent with the excitatory properties of high frequency rTMS. We suggest that the increase in the NoGo-N2 amplitude may be related to the increased excitability of the DLPFC-anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) neural loop. Metabolic changes in the DLPFC may be a possible mechanism for the improvement of the response inhibition control of rTMS.
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- Yanmin Li
- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Neurology, Hebei Hospital of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Harrison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui, Hebei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Neurology, Hebei Hospital of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Neurology, Hebei Hospital of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Neurology, Hebei Hospital of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Department of Neurology, Hebei Hospital of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Kostyrka-Allchorne K, Wass SV, Yusuf H, Rao V, Bertini C, Sonuga-Barke EJS. Inhibitory deficits and symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: How are they related to effortful control? BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 41:50-65. [PMID: 36127834 PMCID: PMC10087402 DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Separate studies with clinical and community-based samples have identified an association between symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and inhibitory control deficits and ADHD and weak effortful control. We tested whether differences in effortful control explained the associations between ADHD symptoms and inhibitory control deficits, controlling for conduct problems. In a community sample, parents rated ADHD symptoms, conduct problems, effortful control, surgency and negative affect in 77 4-7-year-olds (47 girls), who performed an inhibitory control task. ADHD symptoms, deficient inhibitory control and low effortful control were correlated. Controlling for conduct problems, path analysis showed the ADHD symptoms - inhibitory control link was mediated statistically by effortful control. This focuses attention on cognitive-energetic factors associated with ADHD-related executive deficits.
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- Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Marc IB, Giuffrida V, Ramawat S, Fiori L, Fontana R, Bardella G, Fagioli S, Ferraina S, Pani P, Brunamonti E. Restart errors reaction time of a two-step inhibition process account for the violation of the race model's independence in multi-effector selective stop signal task. Front Hum Neurosci 2023; 17:1106298. [PMID: 36845879 PMCID: PMC9950112 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1106298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Goal-oriented actions often require the coordinated movement of two or more effectors. Sometimes multi-effector movements need to be adjusted according to a continuously changing environment, requiring stopping an effector without interrupting the movement of the others. This form of control has been investigated by the selective Stop Signal Task (SST), requiring the inhibition of an effector of a multicomponent action. This form of selective inhibition has been hypothesized to act through a two-step process, where a temporary global inhibition deactivating all the ongoing motor responses is followed by a restarting process that reactivates only the moving effector. When this form of inhibition takes place, the reaction time (RT) of the moving effector pays the cost of the previous global inhibition. However, it is poorly investigated if and how this cost delays the RT of the effector that was required to be stopped but was erroneously moved (Stop Error trials). Here we measure the Stop Error RT in a group of participants instructed to simultaneously rotate the wrist and lift the foot when a Go Signal occurred, and interrupt both movements (non-selective Stop version) or only one of them (selective Stop version) when a Stop Signal was presented. We presented this task in two experimental conditions to evaluate how different contexts can influence a possible proactive inhibition on the RT of the moving effector in the selective Stop versions. In one context, we provided the foreknowledge of the effector to be inhibited by presenting the same selective or non-selective Stop versions in the same block of trials. In a different context, while providing no foreknowledge of the effector(s) to be stopped, the selective and non-selective Stop versions were intermingled, and the information on the effector to be stopped was delivered at the time of the Stop Signal presentation. We detected a cost in both Correct and Error selective Stop RTs that was influenced by the different task conditions. Results are discussed within the framework of the race model related to the SST, and its relationship with a restart model developed for selective versions of this paradigm.
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- Isabel Beatrice Marc
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Education, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,*Correspondence: Emiliano Brunamonti,
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Fu T, Li B, Yin W, Huang S, Liu H, Song Y, Li X, Shang H, Zhou Y, Cheng D, Cao L, Dang CP. Sound localization and auditory selective attention in school-aged children with ADHD. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1051585. [PMID: 36620456 PMCID: PMC9812578 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1051585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This study aimed to identify the neurophysiologic bases of auditory attention deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), focusing on the electroencephalography component of auditory spatial selective attention [the N2 anterior contralateral component (N2ac)]. EEG data were collected from 7- to 11-year-old children with ADHD (n = 54) and age-, sex-, and IQ-matched typically developing (TD) children (n = 61), while they performed an auditory spatial selective task. For behavior, the children with ADHD showed a shorter reaction time (RT) but a higher RT coefficient of variability (RTCV) than TD children. For ERPs, the TD group showed a significant "adult-like" N2ac component; however, the N2ac component was absent in children with ADHD. More importantly, the smaller N2ac component could predict longer RT in both groups, as well as higher severity of inattentive symptoms in children with ADHD. Our results indicated that 7- to 11-year-old TD children have developed an "adult-like" ability to balance auditory target selection and distractor suppression; the absence of N2ac in children with ADHD provided novel evidence supporting their dysfunctional auditory spatial selective attention.
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- Tong Fu
- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Liping Cao
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Department of Applied Psychology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Cai-Ping Dang
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van den Wildenberg WPM, Ridderinkhof KR, Wylie SA. Towards Conceptual Clarification of Proactive Inhibitory Control: A Review. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12121638. [PMID: 36552098 PMCID: PMC9776056 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12121638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The aim of this selective review paper is to clarify potential confusion when referring to the term proactive inhibitory control. Illustrated by a concise overview of the literature, we propose defining reactive inhibition as the mechanism underlying stopping an action. On a stop trial, the stop signal initiates the stopping process that races against the ongoing action-related process that is triggered by the go signal. Whichever processes finishes first determines the behavioral outcome of the race. That is, stopping is either successful or unsuccessful in that trial. Conversely, we propose using the term proactive inhibition to explicitly indicate preparatory processes engaged to bias the outcome of the race between stopping and going. More specifically, these proactive processes include either pre-amping the reactive inhibition system (biasing the efficiency of the stopping process) or presetting the action system (biasing the efficiency of the go process). We believe that this distinction helps meaningful comparisons between various outcome measures of proactive inhibitory control that are reported in the literature and extends to experimental research paradigms other than the stop task.
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- Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg
- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129 B, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129 B, P.O. Box 15900, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-20-5256686
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129 B, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129 B, P.O. Box 15900, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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