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Haebig E, Leonard LB, Deevy P, Schumaker J, Karpicke JD, Weber C. The Neural Underpinnings of Processing Newly Taught Semantic Information: The Role of Retrieval Practice. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2021; 64:3195-3211. [PMID: 34351812 PMCID: PMC8740735 DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Purpose Recent behavioral studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of implementing retrieval practice into learning tasks for children. Such approaches have revealed that repeated spaced retrieval (RSR) is particularly effective in promoting children's learning of word form and meaning information. This study further examines how retrieval practice enhances learning of word meaning information at the behavioral and neural levels. Method Twenty typically developing preschool children were taught novel words using an RSR learning schedule for some words and an immediate retrieval (IR) learning schedule for other words. In addition to the label, children were taught two arbitrary semantic features for each item. Following the teaching phase, children's learning was tested using recall tests. In addition, during the 1-week follow-up, children were presented with pictures and an auditory sentence that correctly labeled the item but stated correct or incorrect semantic information. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were time locked to the onset of the words noting the semantic feature. Children provided verbal judgments of whether the semantic feature was correctly paired with the item. Results Children recalled more labels and semantic features for items that had been taught in the RSR learning schedule relative to the IR learning schedule. ERPs also differentiated the learning schedules. Mismatching label-meaning pairings elicited an N400 and late positive component (LPC) for both learning conditions; however, mismatching RSR pairs elicited an N400 with an earlier onset and an LPC with a longer duration, relative to IR mismatching label-meaning pairings. These ERP timing differences indicated that the children were more efficient in processing words that were taught in the RSR schedule relative to the IR learning schedule. Conclusions Spaced retrieval practice promotes learning of both word form and meaning information. The findings lay the necessary groundwork for better understanding of processing newly learned semantic information in preschool children. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.15063060.
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- Eileen Haebig
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
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- Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Bower J, Magee WL, Catroppa C, Baker FA. The Neurophysiological Processing of Music in Children: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis and Considerations for Clinical Practice in Music Therapy. Front Psychol 2021; 12:615209. [PMID: 33935868 PMCID: PMC8081903 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.615209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction: Evidence supporting the use of music interventions to maximize arousal and awareness in adults presenting with a disorder of consciousness continues to grow. However, the brain of a child is not simply a small adult brain, and therefore adult theories are not directly translatable to the pediatric population. The present study aims to synthesize brain imaging data about the neural processing of music in children aged 0-18 years, to form a theoretical basis for music interventions with children presenting with a disorder of consciousness following acquired brain injury. Methods: We conducted a systematic review with narrative synthesis utilizing an adaptation of the methodology developed by Popay and colleagues. Following the development of the narrative that answered the central question "what does brain imaging data reveal about the receptive processing of music in children?", discussion was centered around the clinical implications of music therapy with children following acquired brain injury. Results: The narrative synthesis included 46 studies that utilized EEG, MEG, fMRI, and fNIRS scanning techniques in children aged 0-18 years. From birth, musical stimuli elicit distinct but immature electrical responses, with components of the auditory evoked response having longer latencies and variable amplitudes compared to their adult counterparts. Hemodynamic responses are observed throughout cortical and subcortical structures however cortical immaturity impacts musical processing and the localization of function in infants and young children. The processing of complex musical stimuli continues to mature into late adolescence. Conclusion: While the ability to process fundamental musical elements is present from birth, infants and children process music more slowly and utilize different cortical areas compared to adults. Brain injury in childhood occurs in a period of rapid development and the ability to process music following brain injury will likely depend on pre-morbid musical processing. Further, a significant brain injury may disrupt the developmental trajectory of complex music processing. However, complex music processing may emerge earlier than comparative language processing, and occur throughout a more global circuitry.
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- Janeen Bower
- Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Brain and Mind, Clinical Sciences, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Music Therapy Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Brain and Mind, Clinical Sciences, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and The Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Psychology Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Centre of Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway
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Hartkopf J, Moser J, Schleger F, Preissl H, Keune J. Changes in event-related brain responses and habituation during child development - A systematic literature review. Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 130:2238-2254. [PMID: 31711004 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This systematic review highlights the influence of developmental changes of the central nervous system on habituation assessment during child development. Therefore, studies on age dependant changes in event-related brain responses as well as studies on behavioural and neurophysiological habituation during child development are compiled and discussed. METHODS Two PubMed searches with terms "(development evoked brain response (fetus OR neonate OR children) (electroencephalography OR magnetoencephalography))" and with terms "(psychology habituation (fetal OR neonate OR children) (human brain))" were performed to identify studies on developmental changes in event-related brain responses as well as habituation studies during child development. RESULTS Both search results showed a wide diversity of subjects' ages, stimulation protocols and examined behaviour or components of event-related brain responses as well as a demand for more longitudinal study designs. CONCLUSIONS A conclusive statement about clear developmental trends in event-related brain responses or in neurophysiological habituation studies is difficult to draw. Future studies should implement longitudinal designs, combination of behavioural and neurophysiological habituation measurement and more complex habituation paradigms to assess several habituation criteria. SIGNIFICANCE This review emphasizes that event-related brain responses underlie certain changes during child development which should be more considered in the context of neurophysiological habituation studies.
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- Julia Hartkopf
- Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases/German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; fMEG-Center, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 47, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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- Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases/German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; fMEG-Center, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 47, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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- Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases/German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; fMEG-Center, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 47, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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- Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases/German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; fMEG-Center, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 47, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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- fMEG-Center, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 47, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany; Department of Neurology, Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH, Hohe Warte 8, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.
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The relationship between acute stress and EEG repetition suppression in infants. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019; 104:203-209. [PMID: 30878913 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Over activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in stress situations is known to influence learning and memory. In adults, an inverted-U shape relationship between acute stress, and learning and memory has been demonstrated. Whether this model fits learning performances in infants is unknown. In this study, we used EEG repetition suppression as physiological measure of learning and salivary cortisol in response to a stressor to investigate the relationship between acute stress and learning in infants. We hypothesized that EEG repetition suppression would be modulated by acute stress following an inverted-U shape relationship. Saliva samples were collected during an EEG experiment before, during and after EEG net installation in 37 healthy infants (18 males) aged between 6 and 26 months. The effect of variation in stress hormones on repetition suppression were modeled using a linear mixed model, with cortisol, age and sex as predictors. Results indicated that in healthy infants, elevations in stress hormones within the normal range are associated with a higher repetition suppression response and an increased response to the first presentation of the stimulus. The later increase could be related to vigilance. Considering that early childhood is a critical period of development, future studies should keep investigating the influence of stress on learning processes in infants.
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Simon J, Balla V, Winkler I. Temporal boundary of auditory event formation: An electrophysiological marker. Int J Psychophysiol 2019; 140:53-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mattingly MM, Donell BM, Rosen MJ. Late maturation of backward masking in auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 2018; 120:1558-1571. [PMID: 29995598 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00114.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Speech perception relies on the accurate resolution of brief, successive sounds that change rapidly over time. Deficits in the perception of such sounds, indicated by a reduced ability to detect signals during auditory backward masking, strongly relate to language processing difficulties in children. Backward masking during normal development has a longer maturational trajectory than many other auditory percepts, implicating the involvement of central auditory neural mechanisms with protracted developmental time courses. Despite the importance of this percept, its neural correlates are not well described at any developmental stage. We therefore measured auditory cortical responses to masked signals in juvenile and adult Mongolian gerbils and quantified the detection ability of individual neurons and neural populations in a manner comparable with psychoacoustic measurements. Perceptually, auditory backward masking manifests as higher thresholds for detection of a short signal followed by a masker than for the same signal in silence. Cortical masking was driven by a combination of suppressed responses to the signal and a reduced dynamic range available for signal detection in the presence of the masker. Both coding elements contributed to greater masked threshold shifts in juveniles compared with adults, but signal-evoked firing suppression was more pronounced in juveniles. Neural threshold shifts were a better match to human psychophysical threshold shifts when quantified with a longer temporal window that included the response to the delayed masker, suggesting that temporally selective listening may contribute to age-related differences in backward masking. NEW & NOTEWORTHY In children, auditory detection of backward masked signals is immature well into adolescence, and detection deficits correlate with problems in speech processing. Our auditory cortical recordings reveal immature backward masking in adolescent animals that mirrors the prolonged development seen in children. This is driven by both signal-evoked suppression and dynamic range reduction. An extended window of analysis suggests that differences in temporally focused listening may contribute to late maturing thresholds for backward masked signals.
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- Michelle M Mattingly
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio
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Dacewicz A, Szymaszek A, Nowak K, Szelag E. Training-Induced Changes in Rapid Auditory Processing in Children With Specific Language Impairment: Electrophysiological Indicators. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:310. [PMID: 30131683 PMCID: PMC6091056 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The brain’s ability to recognize acoustic changes occurring in rapid temporal succession is important for speech and successful language development. Children with specific language impairment (SLI) are characterized by deficient dynamics of temporal information processing (TIP) in the millisecond time range accompanied by disordered language development. Furthermore, previous studies have found that intervention based on amelioration of TIP resulted in improvement of both language and other cognitive functions. This study aimed to explain the changes associated with TIP training from the perspective of event-related potentials (ERPs). Thirty-six children aged 5–8 years (26 boys, 10 girls) diagnosed with SLI underwent two types of intense audio-visual computer intervention: experimental TIP training targeted at the millisecond time range (n = 18) or control non-TIP training (n = 18). Paired 50 ms tones of 1000 Hz and 1200 Hz were presented with inter-stimulus intervals (ISIs) of either 50 ms (Short ISI Condition) or 200 ms (Long ISI Condition). Auditory ERPs were measured in a passive oddball paradigm before and after each type of training. The mismatch negativity (MMN) paradigm was applied as an electrophysiological indicator of the brain’s ability to automatically detect violations of regularity in paired tones presented in rapid succession. Moreover, the P3a component was also analyzed. After 24 sessions of temporal training (in the experimental group) MMN amplitude enhancement was observed in both ISI conditions, reflecting increased efficiency in perceiving changes in rapid auditory sequences. In both experimental and control groups, P3a amplitude was enhanced in both ISIs. This may be due to the improvement of involuntary attention shifting to the auditory events involved in each training type. To conclude, temporal training, compared to non-temporal control training, improved the ability to detect changes in a rapid auditory stream in children with SLI.
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- Anna Dacewicz
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Social Psychology, Department of Ergonomics, Central Institute for Labour Protection-National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Clunies-Ross KL, Campbell C, Ohan JL, Anderson M, Reid C, Fox AM. Hemispheric asymmetries in rapid temporal processing at age 7 predict subsequent phonemic decoding 2 years later: A longitudinal event-related potential (ERP) study. Neuropsychologia 2018; 111:252-260. [PMID: 29410292 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.035] [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: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The asymmetric sampling in time hypothesis (AST) suggests that the left and right secondary auditory areas process auditory stimuli according to different sampling rates (Poeppel, 2003). We investigated whether asymmetries consistent with the AST are observable in children at age 7 and whether they become more pronounced at age 9. Data were collected from 50 children who attended a 2-day research program at age 7 and were followed up 2 years later. At both time points, children were presented with tone-pairs, each composed of two 50 ms, 1000 Hz, sinusoidal tones separated by inter-stimulus intervals (ISIs) of 25, 50, 100, or 200 ms. Stimuli were presented binaurally whilst the EEG was recorded. The Ta and Tb, which are components of the auditory event-related potential (ERP), were used as electrophysiological indices of auditory processing. There was no significant effect of age on Ta or Tb responses. Tb responses to the second tone of tone-pairs indicated a left-hemisphere preference for rapidly presented stimuli (50 ms ISI) and a right hemisphere preference for more slowly presented stimuli (100 and 200 ms ISI). The results provide evidence that auditory areas of the left hemisphere preferentially respond to fast temporal rates, and those of the right hemisphere preferentially respond to slow temporal rates in children at age 7 and 9. In 7-year-old children, leftward lateralisation of responses to rapidly presented tones predicted better phonemic decoding ability 2 years later, which suggests that hemispheric specialisation may be a precursor for subsequent phonemic decoding skills.
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- Karen L Clunies-Ross
- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
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- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Neurocognitive Development Unit, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, M304, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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Knoth IS, Lajnef T, Rigoulot S, Lacourse K, Vannasing P, Michaud JL, Jacquemont S, Major P, Jerbi K, Lippé S. Auditory repetition suppression alterations in relation to cognitive functioning in fragile X syndrome: a combined EEG and machine learning approach. J Neurodev Disord 2018; 10:4. [PMID: 29378522 PMCID: PMC5789548 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-018-9223-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder causing cognitive and behavioural deficits. Repetition suppression (RS), a learning phenomenon in which stimulus repetitions result in diminished brain activity, has been found to be impaired in FXS. Alterations in RS have been associated with behavioural problems in FXS; however, relations between RS and intellectual functioning have not yet been elucidated. Methods EEG was recorded in 14 FXS participants and 25 neurotypical controls during an auditory habituation paradigm using repeatedly presented pseudowords. Non-phased locked signal energy was compared across presentations and between groups using linear mixed models (LMMs) in order to investigate RS effects across repetitions and brain areas and a possible relation to non-verbal IQ (NVIQ) in FXS. In addition, we explored group differences according to NVIQ and we probed the feasibility of training a support vector machine to predict cognitive functioning levels across FXS participants based on single-trial RS features. Results LMM analyses showed that repetition effects differ between groups (FXS vs. controls) as well as with respect to NVIQ in FXS. When exploring group differences in RS patterns, we found that neurotypical controls revealed the expected pattern of RS between the first and second presentations of a pseudoword. More importantly, while FXS participants in the ≤ 42 NVIQ group showed no RS, the > 42 NVIQ group showed a delayed RS response after several presentations. Concordantly, single-trial estimates of repetition effects over the first four repetitions provided the highest decoding accuracies in the classification between the FXS participant groups. Conclusion Electrophysiological measures of repetition effects provide a non-invasive and unbiased measure of brain responses sensitive to cognitive functioning levels, which may be useful for clinical trials in FXS. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s11689-018-9223-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Inga Sophia Knoth
- Neuroscience of Early Development (NED), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada. .,Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition (CERNEC), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada
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- Neuroscience of Early Development (NED), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition (CERNEC), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), 1430 Boul Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC, H2V 2J2, Canada
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- Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, 2900 boulevard Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition (CERNEC), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), 1430 Boul Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC, H2V 2J2, Canada.,Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM), 7401 Rue Hochelaga, Montréal, QC, H1N 3M5, Canada.,Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), 4565, chemin Queen-Mary, Montreal, QC, H3W 1W5, Canada
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- Neuroscience of Early Development (NED), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, 3175 Chemin Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition (CERNEC), 90 Avenue Vincent-D'indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.,International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), 1430 Boul Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC, H2V 2J2, Canada
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Kwok EYL, Joanisse MF, Archibald LMD, Stothers ME, Brown HM, Oram Cardy J. Maturation in auditory event-related potentials explains variation in language ability in children. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 47:69-76. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Elaine Y. L. Kwok
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders; The University of Western Ontario; London ON N6G 1H1 Canada
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- Department of Psychology; The University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
- Brain and Mind Institute; The University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders; The University of Western Ontario; London ON N6G 1H1 Canada
- Department of Psychology; The University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
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- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; The University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
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- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; The University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders; The University of Western Ontario; London ON N6G 1H1 Canada
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Rezende BA, Lemos SMA, Medeiros AMD. Temporal auditory aspects in children with poor school performance and associated factors. Codas 2016; 28:226-33. [PMID: 27462731 DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20162015170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the auditory temporal aspects in children with poor school performance aged 7-12 years and their association with behavioral aspects, health perception, school and health profiles, and sociodemographic factors. METHODS This is an observational, analytical, transversal study including 89 children with poor school performance aged 7-12 years enrolled in the municipal public schools of a municipality in Minas Gerais state, participants of Specialized Educational Assistance. The first stage of the study was conducted with the subjects' parents aiming to collect information on sociodemographic aspects, health profile, and educational records. In addition, the parents responded to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The second stage was conducted with the children in order to investigate their health self-perception and analyze the auditory assessment, which consisted of meatoscopy, Transient Otoacoustic Emissions, and tests that evaluated the aspects of simple auditory temporal ordering and auditory temporal resolution. Tests assessing the temporal aspects of auditory temporal processing were considered as response variables, and the explanatory variables were grouped for univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. The level of significance was set at 5%. RESULTS Significant statistical correlation was found between the auditory temporal aspects and the variables age, gender, presence of repetition, and health self-perception. CONCLUSION Children with poor school performance presented changes in the auditory temporal aspects. The temporal abilities assessed suggest association with different factors such as maturational process, health self-perception, and school records.
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Yang W, Ren Y, Yang DO, Yuan X, Wu J. The Influence of Selective and Divided Attention on Audiovisual Integration in Children. Perception 2016; 45:515-526. [PMID: 26811419 DOI: 10.1177/0301006616629025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This article aims to investigate whether there is a difference in audiovisual integration in school-aged children (aged 6 to 13 years; mean age = 9.9 years) between the selective attention condition and divided attention condition. We designed a visual and/or auditory detection task that included three blocks (divided attention, visual-selective attention, and auditory-selective attention). The results showed that the response to bimodal audiovisual stimuli was faster than to unimodal auditory or visual stimuli under both divided attention and auditory-selective attention conditions. However, in the visual-selective attention condition, no significant difference was found between the unimodal visual and bimodal audiovisual stimuli in response speed. Moreover, audiovisual behavioral facilitation effects were compared between divided attention and selective attention (auditory or visual attention). In doing so, we found that audiovisual behavioral facilitation was significantly difference between divided attention and selective attention. The results indicated that audiovisual integration was stronger in the divided attention condition than that in the selective attention condition in children. Our findings objectively support the notion that attention can modulate audiovisual integration in school-aged children. Our study might offer a new perspective for identifying children with conditions that are associated with sustained attention deficit, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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- Weiping Yang
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Hubei, China.,Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Hubei, China
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- Bio-robotics and System Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.,Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Hemispheric asymmetries in auditory temporal integration: A study of event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2015; 68:201-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bardy F, Van Dun B, Dillon H, Cowan R. Least-squares (LS) deconvolution of a series of overlapping cortical auditory evoked potentials: a simulation and experimental study. J Neural Eng 2014; 11:046016. [DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/4/046016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bardy F, Van Dun B, Dillon H, McMahon CM. Deconvolution of overlapping cortical auditory evoked potentials recorded using short stimulus onset-asynchrony ranges. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:814-826. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Venkataraman Y, Bartlett EL. Postnatal development of auditory central evoked responses and thalamic cellular properties. Dev Neurobiol 2013; 74:541-55. [PMID: 24214269 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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During development, the sense of hearing changes rapidly with age, especially around hearing onset. During this period, auditory structures are highly sensitive to alterations of the acoustic environment, such as hearing loss or background noise. This sensitivity includes auditory temporal processing, which is important for processing complex sounds, and for acquiring reading and language skills. Developmental changes can be observed at multiple levels of brain organization-from behavioral responses to cellular responses, and at every auditory nucleus. Neuronal properties and sound processing change dramatically in auditory cortex neurons after hearing onset. However, development of its primary source, the auditory thalamus, or medial geniculate body (MGB), has not been well studied over this critical time window. Furthermore, to understand how temporal processing develops, it is important to determine the relative maturation of temporal processing not only in the MGB, but also in its inputs. Cellular properties of rat MGB neurons were studied using in vitro whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, at ages postnatal day (P) 7-9; P15-17, and P22-32. Auditory evoked potentials were measured in P14-17 and P22-32 rats. MGB action potentials became about five times faster, and the ability to generate spike trains increased with age, particularly at frequencies of 50 Hz and higher. Evoked potential responses, including auditory brainstem responses (ABR), middle latency responses (MLR), and amplitude modulation following responses, showed increased amplitudes with age, and ABRs and MLRs additionally showed decreased latencies with age. Overall, temporal processing at subthalamic nuclei is concurrently maturing with MGB cellular properties.
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- Yamini Venkataraman
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Abnormal pre-attentive arousal in young children with autism spectrum disorder contributes to their atypical auditory behavior: an ERP study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69100. [PMID: 23935931 PMCID: PMC3723785 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Auditory sensory modulation difficulties and problems with automatic re-orienting to sound are well documented in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Abnormal preattentive arousal processes may contribute to these deficits. In this study, we investigated components of the cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) reflecting preattentive arousal in children with ASD and typically developing (TD) children aged 3-8 years. Pairs of clicks (‘S1’ and ‘S2’) separated by a 1 sec S1-S2 interstimulus interval (ISI) and much longer (8-10 sec) S1-S1 ISIs were presented monaurally to either the left or right ear. In TD children, the P50, P100 and N1c CAEP components were strongly influenced by temporal novelty of clicks and were much greater in response to the S1 than the S2 click. Irrespective of the stimulation side, the ‘tangential’ P100 component was rightward lateralized in TD children, whereas the ‘radial’ N1c component had higher amplitude contralaterally to the stimulated ear. Compared to the TD children, children with ASD demonstrated 1) reduced amplitude of the P100 component under the condition of temporal novelty (S1) and 2) an attenuated P100 repetition suppression effect. The abnormalities were lateralized and depended on the presentation side. They were evident in the case of the left but not the right ear stimulation. The P100 abnormalities in ASD correlated with the degree of developmental delay and with the severity of auditory sensory modulation difficulties observed in early life. The results suggest that some rightward-lateralized brain networks that are crucially important for arousal and attention re-orienting are compromised in children with ASD and that this deficit contributes to sensory modulation difficulties and possibly even other behavioral deficits in ASD.
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A Pilot Study on Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Children: Aided CAEPs Reflect Improved High-Frequency Audibility with Frequency Compression Hearing Aid Technology. Int J Otolaryngol 2012. [PMID: 23197983 PMCID: PMC3501956 DOI: 10.1155/2012/982894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background. This study investigated whether cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) could reliably be recorded and interpreted using clinical testing equipment, to assess the effects of hearing aid technology on the CAEP.
Methods. Fifteen normal hearing (NH) and five hearing impaired (HI) children were included in the study. NH children were tested unaided; HI children were tested while wearing hearing aids. CAEPs were evoked with tone bursts presented at a suprathreshold level. Presence/absence of CAEPs was established based on agreement between two independent raters.
Results. Present waveforms were interpreted for most NH listeners and all HI listeners, when stimuli were measured to be at an audible level. The younger NH children were found to have significantly different waveform morphology, compared to the older children, with grand averaged waveforms differing in the later part of the time window (the N2 response). Results suggest that in some children, frequency compression hearing aid processing improved audibility of specific frequencies, leading to increased rates of detectable cortical responses in HI children. Conclusions. These findings provide support for the use of CAEPs in measuring hearing aid benefit. Further research is needed to validate aided results across a larger group of HI participants and with speech-based stimuli.
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Fox AM, Reid CL, Anderson M, Richardson C, Bishop DV. Maturation of rapid auditory temporal processing and subsequent nonword repetition performance in children. Dev Sci 2011; 15:204-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01117.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Heim S, Friedman JT, Keil A, Benasich AA. Reduced Sensory Oscillatory Activity during Rapid Auditory Processing as a Correlate of Language-Learning Impairment. JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS 2011; 24:539-555. [PMID: 21822356 PMCID: PMC3150564 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Successful language acquisition has been hypothesized to involve the ability to integrate rapidly presented, brief acoustic cues in sensory cortex. A body of work has suggested that this ability is compromised in language-learning impairment (LLI). The present research aimed to examine sensory integration during rapid auditory processing by means of electrophysiological measures of oscillatory brain activity using data from a larger longitudinal study. Twenty-nine children with LLI and control participants with typical language development (n=18) listened to tone doublets presented at a temporal interval that is essential for accurate speech processing (70-ms interstimulus interval). The children performed a deviant (pitch change of second tone) detection task, or listened passively. The electroencephalogram was recorded from 64 electrodes. Data were source-projected to the auditory cortices and submitted to wavelet analysis, resulting in time-frequency representations of electrocortical activity. Results show significantly reduced amplitude and phase-locking of early (45-75 ms) oscillations in the gamma-band range (29-52 Hz), specifically in the LLI group, for the second stimulus of the tone doublet. This suggests altered temporal organization of sensory oscillatory activity in LLI when processing rapid sequences.
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- Sabine Heim
- Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt/M., Germany
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- Infancy Studies Laboratory, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Infancy Studies Laboratory, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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Maturation of obligatory auditory responses and their neural sources: evidence from EEG and MEG. Neuroimage 2011; 58:630-9. [PMID: 21726651 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neural auditory responses are known to change from childhood to adulthood. The most prominent components of the event-related potentials (ERPs) found in children are the P1 and N2, while the P1 and N1 are strongest in adults. Previous dipole localizations showed regions of the auditory cortex (AC) underlying these responses. An N1 in children, however, has only been observed in older age or under certain experimental conditions different than commonly applied in adults. The current study aimed to further elucidate on auditory processing and related components in school-aged children. To do this, MEG and EEG was recorded in adults and 9 to 10year old children, while presenting pure tones either repetitively or randomly among tones of different pitch. Furthermore, the current paradigm was explicitly designed to not only investigate the P1 and N2 in children, but moreover to examine N1 modulations based on different refractory states caused by the two conditions. Our results are clear cut. In adults, P1(m) and N1(m) components were localized in AC regions, with the N1(m) largely attenuated for repetitive tones. The P1(m) and N2(m) components observed in children were also localized in AC regions. Most importantly, ERP modulations in the N1 time window (i.e., larger responses for random than repetitive tones) were remarkably similar for adults and children, both in amplitude and latency. This effect indicates that the N1 sub-component reflecting frequency-specific refractoriness is fully developed in 9 to 10year old children. Thus, previous interpretations on the function and maturation of the N1 need reconsideration.
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Bishop DVM, Anderson M, Reid C, Fox AM. Auditory development between 7 and 11 years: an event-related potential (ERP) study. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18993. [PMID: 21573058 PMCID: PMC3090390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is considerable uncertainty about the time-course of central auditory maturation. On some indices, children appear to have adult-like competence by school age, whereas for other measures development follows a protracted course. METHODOLOGY We studied auditory development using auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by tones in 105 children on two occasions two years apart. Just over half of the children were 7 years initially and 9 years at follow-up, whereas the remainder were 9 years initially and 11 years at follow-up. We used conventional analysis of peaks in the auditory ERP, independent component analysis, and time-frequency analysis. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We demonstrated maturational changes in the auditory ERP between 7 and 11 years, both using conventional peak measurements, and time-frequency analysis. The developmental trajectory was different for temporal vs. fronto-central electrode sites. Temporal electrode sites showed strong lateralisation of responses and no increase of low-frequency phase-resetting with age, whereas responses recorded from fronto-central electrode sites were not lateralised and showed progressive change with age. Fronto-central vs. temporal electrode sites also mapped onto independent components with differently oriented dipole sources in auditory cortex. A global measure of waveform shape proved to be the most effective method for distinguishing age bands. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The results supported the idea that different cortical regions mature at different rates. The ICC measure is proposed as the best measure of 'auditory ERP age'.
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- Dorothy V. M. Bishop
- School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Neurocognitive Development Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
- Neurocognitive Development Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Neurocognitive Development Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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