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Fatić S, Stanojević N, Jeličić L, Bilibajkić R, Marisavljević M, Maksimović S, Gavrilović A, Subotić M. Beta Spectral Power during Passive Listening in Preschool Children with Specific Language Impairment. Dev Neurosci 2024:1-14. [PMID: 38723615 DOI: 10.1159/000539135] [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: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/19/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Children with specific language impairment (SLI) have difficulties in different speech and language domains. Electrophysiological studies have documented that auditory processing in children with SLI is atypical and probably caused by delayed and abnormal auditory maturation. During the resting state, or different auditory tasks, children with SLI show low or high beta spectral power, which could be a clinical correlate for investigating brain rhythms. METHODS The aim of this study was to examine the electrophysiological cortical activity of the beta rhythm while listening to words and nonwords in children with SLI in comparison to typical development (TD) children. The participants were 50 children with SLI, aged 4 and 5 years, and 50 age matched TD children. The children were divided into two subgroups according to age: (1) children 4 years of age; (2) children 5 years of age. RESULTS The older group differed from the younger group in beta auditory processing, with increased values of beta spectral power in the right frontal, temporal, and parietal regions. In addition, children with SLI have higher beta spectral power than TD children in the bilateral temporal regions. CONCLUSION Complex beta auditory activation in TD and SLI children indicates the presence of early changes in functional brain connectivity.
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- Saška Fatić
- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurology, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute,", Belgrade, Serbia
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Ortiz-Barajas MC, Guevara R, Gervain J. Neural oscillations and speech processing at birth. iScience 2023; 26:108187. [PMID: 37965146 PMCID: PMC10641252 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Are neural oscillations biologically endowed building blocks of the neural architecture for speech processing from birth, or do they require experience to emerge? In adults, delta, theta, and low-gamma oscillations support the simultaneous processing of phrasal, syllabic, and phonemic units in the speech signal, respectively. Using electroencephalography to investigate neural oscillations in the newborn brain we reveal that delta and theta oscillations differ for rhythmically different languages, suggesting that these bands underlie newborns' universal ability to discriminate languages on the basis of rhythm. Additionally, higher theta activity during post-stimulus as compared to pre-stimulus rest suggests that stimulation after-effects are present from birth.
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- Maria Clemencia Ortiz-Barajas
- Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, CNRS & Université Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, CNRS & Université Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padua, Italy
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Cameron DJ, Caldarone N, Psaris M, Carrillo C, Trainor LJ. The complexity-aesthetics relationship for musical rhythm is more fixed than flexible: Evidence from children and expert dancers. Dev Sci 2023; 26:e13360. [PMID: 36527729 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13360] [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: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The urge to move to music (groove) depends in part on rhythmic syncopation in the music. For adults, the syncopation-groove relationship has an inverted-U shape: listeners want to move most to rhythms that have some, but not too much, syncopation. However, we do not know whether the syncopation-groove relationship is relatively sensitive to, or resistant to, a listener's experience. In two sets of experiments, we tested whether the syncopation-groove relationship is affected by dance experience or changes through development in childhood. Dancers and nondancers rated groove for 50 rhythmic patterns varying in syncopation. Dancers' and nondancers' ratings did not differ (and Bayesian tests provided substantial evidence that they were equivalent) in terms of mean groove and the optimal level of syncopation. Similarly, ballet and hip-hop dancers' syncopation-groove relationships did not differ. However, dancers had more robust syncopation-groove relationships (higher goodness-of-fit) than nondancers. Children (3-6 years old) completed two tasks to assess their syncopation-groove relationships: In a 2-alternative-forced choice task, children compared rhythms from 2 of 3 possible levels of syncopation (low, medium, and high) and chose which rhythm in a pair was better for dancing. In a dance task, children danced to the same rhythms. Results from both tasks indicated that for children, as for adults, medium syncopation rhythms elicit more groove than low syncopation rhythms. A follow-up experiment replicated the 2-alternative-forced choice task results. Taken together, the results suggest the optimal level of syncopation for groove is resistant to experience, although experience may affect the robustness of the inverted-U relationship. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: In Experiment 1, dancers and nondancers rated groove (the urge to move) for musical rhythms, demonstrating the same inverted-U relationships between syncopation and groove. In Experiment 2, children and adults both chose rhythms with moderate syncopation more than low syncopation as more groove-inducing or better for dancing. Children also danced more for moderate than low syncopation, showing a close perception-behavior relationship across tasks. Similarities in the syncopation-groove relationship regardless of dance training and age suggest that this perceptual and behavioral groove response to rhythmic complexity may be quite resistant to experience.
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- Daniel J Cameron
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Kasdan A, Gordon RL, Lense MD. Neurophysiological Correlates of Dynamic Beat Tracking in Individuals With Williams Syndrome. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2022; 7:1183-1191. [PMID: 33419711 PMCID: PMC8060366 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by hypersociability, heightened auditory sensitivities, attention deficits, and strong musical interests despite differences in musical skills. Behavioral studies have reported that individuals with WS exhibit variable beat and rhythm perception skills. METHODS We sought to investigate the neural basis of beat tracking in individuals with WS using electroencephalography. Twenty-seven adults with WS and 16 age-matched, typically developing control subjects passively listened to musical rhythms with accents on either the first or second tone of the repeating pattern, leading to distinct beat percepts. RESULTS Consistent with the role of beta and gamma oscillations in rhythm processing, individuals with WS and typically developing control subjects showed strong evoked neural activity in both the beta (13-30 Hz) and gamma (31-55 Hz) frequency bands in response to beat onsets. This neural response was somewhat more distributed across the scalp for individuals with WS. Compared with typically developing control subjects, individuals with WS exhibited significantly greater amplitude of auditory evoked potentials (P1-N1-P2 complex) and modulations in evoked alpha (8-12 Hz) activity, reflective of sensory and attentional processes. Individuals with WS also exhibited markedly stable neural responses over the course of the experiment, and these responses were significantly more stable than those of control subjects. CONCLUSIONS These results provide neurophysiological evidence for dynamic beat tracking in WS and coincide with the atypical auditory phenotype and attentional difficulties seen in this population.
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- Anna Kasdan
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Nashville, Tennessee.
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Nashville, Tennessee
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Samiee S, Vuvan D, Florin E, Albouy P, Peretz I, Baillet S. Cross-Frequency Brain Network Dynamics Support Pitch Change Detection. J Neurosci 2022; 42:3823-3835. [PMID: 35351829 PMCID: PMC9087716 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0630-21.2022] [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: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Processing auditory sequences involves multiple brain networks and is crucial to complex perception associated with music appreciation and speech comprehension. We used time-resolved cortical imaging in a pitch change detection task to detail the underlying nature of human brain network activity, at the rapid time scales of neurophysiology. In response to tone sequence presentation to the participants, we observed slow inter-regional signaling at the pace of tone presentations (2-4 Hz) that was directed from auditory cortex toward both inferior frontal and motor cortices. Symmetrically, motor cortex manifested directed influence onto auditory and inferior frontal cortices via bursts of faster (15-35 Hz) activity. These bursts occurred precisely at the expected latencies of each tone in a sequence. This expression of interdependency between slow/fast neurophysiological activity yielded a form of local cross-frequency phase-amplitude coupling in auditory cortex, which strength varied dynamically and peaked when pitch changes were anticipated. We clarified the mechanistic relevance of these observations in relation to behavior by including a group of individuals afflicted by congenital amusia, as a model of altered function in processing sound sequences. In amusia, we found a depression of inter-regional slow signaling toward motor and inferior frontal cortices, and a chronic overexpression of slow/fast phase-amplitude coupling in auditory cortex. These observations are compatible with a misalignment between the respective neurophysiological mechanisms of stimulus encoding and internal predictive signaling, which was absent in controls. In summary, our study provides a functional and mechanistic account of neurophysiological activity for predictive, sequential timing of auditory inputs.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Auditory sequences are processed by extensive brain networks, involving multiple systems. In particular, fronto-temporal brain connections participate in the encoding of sequential auditory events, but so far, their study was limited to static depictions. This study details the nature of oscillatory brain activity involved in these inter-regional interactions in human participants. It demonstrates how directed, polyrhythmic oscillatory interactions between auditory and motor cortical regions provide a functional account for predictive timing of incoming items in an auditory sequence. In addition, we show the functional relevance of these observations in relation to behavior, with data from both normal hearing participants and a rare cohort of individuals afflicted by congenital amusia, which we considered here as a model of altered function in processing sound sequences.
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- Soheila Samiee
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4, Canada
- Mila, Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, Quebec H2S 3H1, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
- Psychology Department, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4, Canada
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4, Canada
- International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
- Psychology Department, CERVO brain research Center, Laval University, Montreal, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4, Canada
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Flaten E, Marshall SA, Dittrich A, Trainor L. Evidence for Top-down Meter Perception in Infancy as Shown by Primed Neural Responses to an Ambiguous Rhythm. Eur J Neurosci 2022; 55:2003-2023. [PMID: 35445451 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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From auditory rhythm patterns, listeners extract the underlying steady beat, and perceptually group beats to form meters. While previous studies show infants discriminate different auditory meters, it remains unknown whether they can maintain (imagine) a metrical interpretation of an ambiguous rhythm through top-down processes. We investigated this via electroencephalographic mismatch responses. We primed 6-month-old infants (N = 24) to hear a 6-beat ambiguous rhythm either in duple meter (n = 13), or in triple meter (n = 11) through loudness accents either on every second or every third beat. Periods of priming were inserted before sequences of the ambiguous unaccented rhythm. To elicit mismatch responses, occasional pitch deviants occurred on either beat 4 (strong beat in triple meter; weak in duple) or beat 5 (strong in duple; weak in triple) of the unaccented trials. At frontal left sites, we found a significant interaction between beat and priming group in the predicted direction. Post-hoc analyses showed mismatch response amplitudes were significantly larger for beat 5 in the duple- than triple-primed group (p = .047) and were non-significantly larger for beat 4 in the triple- than duple-primed group. Further, amplitudes were generally larger in infants with musically experienced parents. At frontal right sites, mismatch responses were generally larger for those in the duple compared to triple group, which may reflect a processing advantage for duple meter. These results indicate infants can impose a top-down, internally generated meter on ambiguous auditory rhythms, an ability that would aid early language and music learning.
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- Erica Flaten
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University.,Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Prete DA, Heikoop D, McGillivray JE, Reilly JP, Trainor LJ. The sound of silence: Predictive error responses to unexpected sound omission in adults. Eur J Neurosci 2022; 55:1972-1985. [PMID: 35357048 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15660] [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: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The human auditory system excels at detecting patterns needed for processing speech and music. According to predictive coding, the brain predicts incoming sounds, compares predictions to sensory input, and generates a prediction error whenever a mismatch between the prediction and sensory input occurs. Predictive coding can be indexed in EEG with the mismatch negativity (MMN) and P3a components, two ERP components that are elicited by infrequent deviant sounds (e.g., differing in pitch, duration, loudness) in a stream of frequent sounds. If these components reflect prediction error, they should also be elicited by omitting an expected sound, but few studies have examined this. We compared ERPs elicited by infrequent randomly occurring omissions (unexpected silences) in tone sequences presented at 2 tones/sec to ERPs elicited by frequent, regularly occurring omissions (expected silences) within a sequence of tones and resting state EEG (a constant silence). We found that unexpected silences elicited significant MMN and P3a, although the magnitude of these components was quite small and variable. These results provide evidence for hierarchical predictive coding, indicating that the brain predicts silences as well as sounds.
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- David A Prete
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,ARiEAL Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,Vector Institute, MaRS Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Pesnot Lerousseau J, Trébuchon A, Morillon B, Schön D. Frequency Selectivity of Persistent Cortical Oscillatory Responses to Auditory Rhythmic Stimulation. J Neurosci 2021; 41:7991-8006. [PMID: 34301825 PMCID: PMC8460151 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0213-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Cortical oscillations have been proposed to play a functional role in speech and music perception, attentional selection, and working memory, via the mechanism of neural entrainment. One of the properties of neural entrainment that is often taken for granted is that its modulatory effect on ongoing oscillations outlasts rhythmic stimulation. We tested the existence of this phenomenon by studying cortical neural oscillations during and after presentation of melodic stimuli in a passive perception paradigm. Melodies were composed of ∼60 and ∼80 Hz tones embedded in a 2.5 Hz stream. Using intracranial and surface recordings in male and female humans, we reveal persistent oscillatory activity in the high-γ band in response to the tones throughout the cortex, well beyond auditory regions. By contrast, in response to the 2.5 Hz stream, no persistent activity in any frequency band was observed. We further show that our data are well captured by a model of damped harmonic oscillator and can be classified into three classes of neural dynamics, with distinct damping properties and eigenfrequencies. This model provides a mechanistic and quantitative explanation of the frequency selectivity of auditory neural entrainment in the human cortex.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT It has been proposed that the functional role of cortical oscillations is subtended by a mechanism of entrainment, the synchronization in phase or amplitude of neural oscillations to a periodic stimulation. One of the properties of neural entrainment that is often taken for granted is that its modulatory effect on ongoing oscillations outlasts rhythmic stimulation. Using intracranial and surface recordings of humans passively listening to rhythmic auditory stimuli, we reveal consistent oscillatory responses throughout the cortex, with persistent activity of high-γ oscillations. On the contrary, neural oscillations do not outlast low-frequency acoustic dynamics. We interpret our results as reflecting harmonic oscillator properties, a model ubiquitous in physics but rarely used in neuroscience.
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- Inserm, Inst Neurosci Syst, Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France
- APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de Neurophysiologie Clinique, Marseille 13005, France
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- Inserm, Inst Neurosci Syst, Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France
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- Inserm, Inst Neurosci Syst, Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France
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Chang A, Bedoin N, Canette LH, Nozaradan S, Thompson D, Corneyllie A, Tillmann B, Trainor LJ. Atypical beta power fluctuation while listening to an isochronous sequence in dyslexia. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:2384-2390. [PMID: 34454265 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Developmental dyslexia is a reading disorder that features difficulties in perceiving and tracking rhythmic regularities in auditory streams, such as speech and music. Studies on typical healthy participants have shown that power fluctuations of neural oscillations in beta band (15-25 Hz) reflect an essential mechanism for tracking rhythm or entrainment and relate to predictive timing and attentional processes. Here we investigated whether adults with dyslexia have atypical beta power fluctuation. METHODS The electroencephalographic activities of individuals with dyslexia (n = 13) and typical control participants (n = 13) were measured while they passively listened to an isochronous tone sequence (2 Hz presentation rate). The time-frequency neural activities generated from auditory cortices were analyzed. RESULTS The phase of beta power fluctuation at the 2 Hz stimulus presentation rate differed and appeared opposite between individuals with dyslexia and controls. CONCLUSIONS Atypical beta power fluctuation might reflect deficits in perceiving and tracking auditory rhythm in dyslexia. SIGNIFICANCE These findings extend our understanding of atypical neural activities for tracking rhythm in dyslexia and could inspire novel methods to objectively measure the benefits of training, and predict potential benefit of auditory rhythmic rehabilitation programs on an individual basis.
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- Andrew Chang
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- CNRS, UMR5292, INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, IMPACT Team, Bron, France; University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; University Lyon 2, Bron, France
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- University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR5292, INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Auditory Cognition and Psychoacoustics Team, Bron, France
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- The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Avenue Mounier 53, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1200, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada
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- University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR5292, INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Auditory Cognition and Psychoacoustics Team, Bron, France
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- University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR5292, INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Auditory Cognition and Psychoacoustics Team, Bron, France.
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada.
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Momtaz S, Moncrieff D, Bidelman GM. Dichotic listening deficits in amblyaudia are characterized by aberrant neural oscillations in auditory cortex. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:2152-2162. [PMID: 34284251 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Children diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD) show deficits in processing complex sounds that are associated with difficulties in higher-order language, learning, cognitive, and communicative functions. Amblyaudia (AMB) is a subcategory of APD characterized by abnormally large ear asymmetries in dichotic listening tasks. METHODS Here, we examined frequency-specific neural oscillations and functional connectivity via high-density electroencephalography (EEG) in children with and without AMB during passive listening of nonspeech stimuli. RESULTS Time-frequency maps of these "brain rhythms" revealed stronger phase-locked beta-gamma (~35 Hz) oscillations in AMB participants within bilateral auditory cortex for sounds presented to the right ear, suggesting a hypersynchronization and imbalance of auditory neural activity. Brain-behavior correlations revealed neural asymmetries in cortical responses predicted the larger than normal right-ear advantage seen in participants with AMB. Additionally, we found weaker functional connectivity in the AMB group from right to left auditory cortex, despite their stronger neural responses overall. CONCLUSION Our results reveal abnormally large auditory sensory encoding and an imbalance in communication between cerebral hemispheres (ipsi- to -contralateral signaling) in AMB. SIGNIFICANCE These neurophysiological changes might lead to the functionally poorer behavioral capacity to integrate information between the two ears in children with AMB.
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- Sara Momtaz
- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
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- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA; Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, TN, USA
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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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Super-Resolution for Improving EEG Spatial Resolution using Deep Convolutional Neural Network-Feasibility Study. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19235317. [PMID: 31816868 PMCID: PMC6928936 DOI: 10.3390/s19235317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Electroencephalography (EEG) has relatively poor spatial resolution and may yield incorrect brain dynamics and distort topography; thus, high-density EEG systems are necessary for better analysis. Conventional methods have been proposed to solve these problems, however, they depend on parameters or brain models that are not simple to address. Therefore, new approaches are necessary to enhance EEG spatial resolution while maintaining its data properties. In this work, we investigated the super-resolution (SR) technique using deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) with simulated EEG data with white Gaussian and real brain noises, and experimental EEG data obtained during an auditory evoked potential task. SR EEG simulated data with white Gaussian noise or brain noise demonstrated a lower mean squared error and higher correlations with sensor information, and detected sources even more clearly than did low resolution (LR) EEG. In addition, experimental SR data also demonstrated far smaller errors for N1 and P2 components, and yielded reasonable localized sources, while LR data did not. We verified our proposed approach’s feasibility and efficacy, and conclude that it may be possible to explore various brain dynamics even with a small number of sensors.
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Chang A, Bosnyak DJ, Trainor LJ. Rhythmicity facilitates pitch discrimination: Differential roles of low and high frequency neural oscillations. Neuroimage 2019; 198:31-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Maróti E, Honbolygó F, Weiss B. Neural entrainment to the beat in multiple frequency bands in 6-7-year-old children. Int J Psychophysiol 2019; 141:45-55. [PMID: 31078641 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Entrainment to periodic acoustic stimuli has been found to relate both to the auditory and motor cortices, and it could be influenced by the maturity of these brain regions. However, existing research in this topic provides data about different oscillatory brain activities in different age groups with different musical background. In order to obtain a more coherent picture and examine early manifestations of entrainment, we assessed brain oscillations at multiple time scales (beta: 15-25 Hz, gamma: 28-48 Hz) and in steady state evoked potentials (SS-EPs in short) in 6-7-year-old children with no musical background right at the start of primary school before they learnt to read. Our goal was to exclude the effect of music training and reading, since previous studies have shown that sensorimotor entrainment (movement synchronization to the beat) is related to musical and reading abilities. We found evidence for endogenous anticipatory processing in the gamma band related to meter perception, and stimulus-related frequency specific responses. However, we did not find evidence for an interaction between auditory and motor networks, which suggests that endogenous mechanisms related to auditory processing may mature earlier than those that underlie motor actions, such as sensorimotor synchronization.
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- Emese Maróti
- Brain Imaging Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Brain Imaging Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Brain Imaging Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Noguchi Y, Xia Y, Kakigi R. Desynchronizing to be faster? Perceptual- and attentional-modulation of brain rhythms at the sub-millisecond scale. Neuroimage 2019; 191:225-233. [PMID: 30772401 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Neural oscillatory signals has been associated with many high-level functions (e.g. attention and working memory), because they reflect correlated behaviors of neural population that would facilitate the information transfer in the brain. On the other hand, a decreased power of oscillation (event-related desynchronization, ERD) has been associated with an irregular state in which many neurons behave in an uncorrelated manner. In contrast to this view, here we show that the human ERD is linked to the increased regularity of oscillatory signals. Using magnetoencephalography, we found that presenting a visual stimulus not only induced a decrease in power of alpha (8-12 Hz) to beta (13-30 Hz) rhythms in the contralateral visual cortex but also reduced the mean and variance of their inter-peak intervals (IPIs). This indicates that the suppressed alpha/beta rhythms became faster (reduced mean) and more regular (reduced variance) during visual stimulation. The same changes in IPIs, especially those of beta rhythm, were observed when subjects allocated their attention to a contralateral visual field. Those results revealed a new role of the event-related decrease in alpha/beta power and further suggested that our brain regulates and accelerates a clock for neural computations by actively suppressing the oscillation amplitude in task-relevant regions.
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- Yasuki Noguchi
- Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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Monier F, Droit-Volet S, Coull JT. The beneficial effect of synchronized action on motor and perceptual timing in children. Dev Sci 2019; 22:e12821. [PMID: 30803107 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We examined the role of action in motor and perceptual timing across development. Adults and children aged 5 or 8 years old learned the duration of a rhythmic interval with or without concurrent action. We compared the effects of sensorimotor versus visual learning on subsequent timing behaviour in three different tasks: rhythm reproduction (Experiment 1), rhythm discrimination (Experiment 2) and interval discrimination (Experiment 3). Sensorimotor learning consisted of sensorimotor synchronization (tapping) to an isochronous visual rhythmic stimulus (ISI = 800 ms), whereas visual learning consisted of simply observing this rhythmic stimulus. Results confirmed our hypothesis that synchronized action during learning systematically benefitted subsequent timing performance, particularly for younger children. Action-related improvements in accuracy were observed for both motor and perceptual timing in 5 years olds and for perceptual timing in the two older age groups. Benefits on perceptual timing tasks indicate that action shapes the cognitive representation of interval duration. Moreover, correlations with neuropsychological scores indicated that while timing performance in the visual learning condition depended on motor and memory capacity, sensorimotor learning facilitated an accurate representation of time independently of individual differences in motor and memory skill. Overall, our findings support the idea that action helps children to construct an independent and flexible representation of time, which leads to coupled sensorimotor coding for action and time.
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- Florie Monier
- CNRS UMR 6024, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC) UMR 7291, Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France
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Swarbrick D, Bosnyak D, Livingstone SR, Bansal J, Marsh-Rollo S, Woolhouse MH, Trainor LJ. How Live Music Moves Us: Head Movement Differences in Audiences to Live Versus Recorded Music. Front Psychol 2019; 9:2682. [PMID: 30687158 PMCID: PMC6336707 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A live music concert is a pleasurable social event that is among the most visceral and memorable forms of musical engagement. But what inspires listeners to attend concerts, sometimes at great expense, when they could listen to recordings at home? An iconic aspect of popular concerts is engaging with other audience members through moving to the music. Head movements, in particular, reflect emotion and have social consequences when experienced with others. Previous studies have explored the affiliative social engagement experienced among people moving together to music. But live concerts have other features that might also be important, such as that during a live performance the music unfolds in a unique and not predetermined way, potentially increasing anticipation and feelings of involvement for the audience. Being in the same space as the musicians might also be exciting. Here we controlled for simply being in an audience to examine whether factors inherent to live performance contribute to the concert experience. We used motion capture to compare head movement responses at a live album release concert featuring Canadian rock star Ian Fletcher Thornley, and at a concert without the performers where the same songs were played from the recorded album. We also examined effects of a prior connection with the performers by comparing fans and neutral-listeners, while controlling for familiarity with the songs, as the album had not yet been released. Head movements were faster during the live concert than the album-playback concert. Self-reported fans moved faster and exhibited greater levels of rhythmic entrainment than neutral-listeners. These results indicate that live music engages listeners to a greater extent than pre-recorded music and that a pre-existing admiration for the performers also leads to higher engagement.
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- Dana Swarbrick
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Digital Music Lab, School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Digital Music Lab, School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Biau E, Kotz SA. Lower Beta: A Central Coordinator of Temporal Prediction in Multimodal Speech. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:434. [PMID: 30405383 PMCID: PMC6207805 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00434] [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: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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How the brain decomposes and integrates information in multimodal speech perception is linked to oscillatory dynamics. However, how speech takes advantage of redundancy between different sensory modalities, and how this translates into specific oscillatory patterns remains unclear. We address the role of lower beta activity (~20 Hz), generally associated with motor functions, as an amodal central coordinator that receives bottom-up delta-theta copies from specific sensory areas and generate top-down temporal predictions for auditory entrainment. Dissociating temporal prediction from entrainment may explain how and why visual input benefits speech processing rather than adding cognitive load in multimodal speech perception. On the one hand, body movements convey prosodic and syllabic features at delta and theta rates (i.e., 1–3 Hz and 4–7 Hz). On the other hand, the natural precedence of visual input before auditory onsets may prepare the brain to anticipate and facilitate the integration of auditory delta-theta copies of the prosodic-syllabic structure. Here, we identify three fundamental criteria based on recent evidence and hypotheses, which support the notion that lower motor beta frequency may play a central and generic role in temporal prediction during speech perception. First, beta activity must respond to rhythmic stimulation across modalities. Second, beta power must respond to biological motion and speech-related movements conveying temporal information in multimodal speech processing. Third, temporal prediction may recruit a communication loop between motor and primary auditory cortices (PACs) via delta-to-beta cross-frequency coupling. We discuss evidence related to each criterion and extend these concepts to a beta-motivated framework of multimodal speech processing.
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- Emmanuel Biau
- Basic and Applied Neuro Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Basic and Applied Neuro Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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Villena-González M, Palacios-García I, Rodríguez E, López V. Beta Oscillations Distinguish Between Two Forms of Mental Imagery While Gamma and Theta Activity Reflects Auditory Attention. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:389. [PMID: 30337865 PMCID: PMC6178143 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Visual sensory processing of external events decreases when attention is internally oriented toward self-generated thoughts and also differences in attenuation have been shown depending on the thought’s modality (visual or auditory thought). The present study aims to assess whether such modulations occurs also in auditory modality. In order to investigate auditory sensory modulations, we compared a passive listening condition with two conditions in which attention was internally oriented as a part of a task; a visual imagery condition and an inner speech condition. EEG signal was recorded from 20 participants while they were exposed to auditory probes during these three conditions. ERP results showed no differences in N1 auditory response comparing the three conditions reflecting maintenance of evoked electrophysiological reactivity for auditory modality. Nonetheless, time-frequency analyses showed that gamma and theta power in frontal regions was higher for passive listening than for internal attentional conditions. Specifically, the reduced amplitude in early gamma and theta band during both inward attention conditions may reflect reduced conscious attention of the current auditory stimulation. Finally, different pattern of beta band activity was observed only during visual imagery which can reflect cross-modal integration between visual and auditory modalities and it can distinguish this form of mental imagery from the inner speech. Taken together, these results showed that attentional suppression mechanisms in auditory modality are different from visual modality during mental imagery processes. Our results about oscillatory activity also confirm the important role of gamma oscillations in auditory processing and the differential neural dynamics underlying the visual and auditory/verbal imagery.
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- Mario Villena-González
- Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Laboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neurodinámica, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neurodinámica, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Laboratorio de Neurodinámica, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Coull JT, Droit-Volet S. Explicit Understanding of Duration Develops Implicitly through Action. Trends Cogn Sci 2018; 22:923-937. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Intrinsic Rhythmicity Predicts Synchronization-Continuation Entrainment Performance. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11782. [PMID: 30082734 PMCID: PMC6079093 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29267-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Rhythmic entrainment-defined as a stable temporal relationship between external periodic signals and endogenous rhythmic processes-allows individuals to coordinate with environmental rhythms. However, the impact of inter-individual differences on entrainment processes as a function of the tempo of external periodic signals remain poorly understood. To better understand the effects of endogenous differences and varying tempos on rhythmic entrainment, 20 young healthy adults participated in a spontaneous motor tempo (SMT) task and synchronization-continuation tasks at three experimental tempos (50, 70, and 128 bpm; 1200, 857, and 469 ms inter onset interval (IOI)). We hypothesized that SMT task performance and tempo would influence externally paced synchronization-continuation task behavior. Indeed, intrinsic rhythmicity assessed through the SMT task predicted performance in the externally paced task, allowing us to characterize differences in entrainment behavior between participants with low and high endogenous rhythmicity. High rhythmicity individuals, defined by better SMT performance, deviated from externally paced pulses sooner than individuals with low rhythmicity, who were able to maintain externally paced pulses for longer. The magnitude of these behavioral differences depended on the experimental tempo of the synchronization-continuation task. Our results indicate that differences in intrinsic rhythmicity vary between individuals and relate to tempo-dependent entrainment performance.
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Caravaglios G, Castro G, Muscoso EG, Crivelli D, Balconi M. Beta Responses in Healthy Elderly and in Patients With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment During a Task of Temporal Orientation of Attention. Clin EEG Neurosci 2018; 49:258-271. [PMID: 27807013 DOI: 10.1177/1550059416676144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recent studies demonstrated that beta oscillations are elicited during cognitive processes. To investigate their potential as electrophysiological markers of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), we recorded beta EEG activity during resting and during an omitted tone task in patients and healthy elderly. Thirty participants were enrolled (15 patients, 15 healthy controls). In particular, we investigated event-related spectral perturbation and intertrial coherence indices. Analyses showed that ( a) healthy elderly presented greater beta power at rest than patients with aMCI patients; ( b) during the task, healthy elderly were more accurate than aMCI patients and presented greater beta power than aMCI patients; ( c) both groups showed qualitatively similar spectral perturbation responses during the task, but different spatiotemporal response patterns; and ( d) aMCI patients presented greater beta phase locking than healthy elderly during the task. Results indicate that beta activity in healthy elderly differs from that of patients with aMCI. Furthermore, the analysis of task-related EEG activity extends evidences obtained during resting and suggests that during the prodromal phase of Alzheimer's disease there is a reduced efficiency in information exchange by large-scale neural networks. The study for the first time shows the potential of task-related beta responses as early markers of aMCI impairments.
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- Giuseppe Caravaglios
- 1 Department of Neurology, Center for AD Diagnosis and Care, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- 2 Local Health Department of Catania, Semi-residential Center for Dementia of Acireale, Acireale (CT), Italy
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Center for AD Diagnosis and Care, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- 3 Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.,4 Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
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- 3 Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.,4 Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
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Chang A, Bosnyak DJ, Trainor LJ. Beta oscillatory power modulation reflects the predictability of pitch change. Cortex 2018; 106:248-260. [PMID: 30053731 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Humans process highly dynamic auditory information in real time, and regularities in stimuli such as speech and music can aid such processing by allowing sensory predictions for upcoming events. Auditory sequences contain information about both the identity of sounds (what) and their timing (when they occur). Temporal prediction in isochronous sequences is reflected in neural oscillatory power modulation in the beta band (∼20 Hz). Specifically, power decreases (desynchronization) after tone onset and then increases (resynchronization) to reach a maximum around the expected time of the next tone. The current study investigates whether the predictability of the pitch of a tone (what) is also reflected in beta power modulation. We presented two isochronous auditory oddball sequences, each with 20% of tones at a deviant pitch. In one sequence the deviant tones occurred regularly every fifth tone (predictably), but in the other sequence they occurred pseudorandomly (unpredictably). We recorded the electroencephalogram (EEG) while participants listened passively to these sequences. The results showed that auditory beta power desynchronization was larger prior to a predictable than an unpredictable pitch change. A single-trial correlation analysis using linear mixed-effect (LME) models further showed that the deeper the pre-deviant beta desynchronization depth, the smaller the event-related P3a amplitude following the deviant, and this effect only occurred when the pitch change was predictable. Given that P3a is associated with attentional response to prediction error, larger beta desynchronization depth indicates better prediction of an upcoming deviant pitch. Thus, these findings suggest that beta oscillations reflect predictions for what in additional to when during dynamic auditory information processing.
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- Andrew Chang
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Zamm A, Debener S, Bauer AKR, Bleichner MG, Demos AP, Palmer C. Amplitude envelope correlations measure synchronous cortical oscillations in performing musicians. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018; 1423:251-263. [PMID: 29756657 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A major question facing cognitive neuroscience is measurement of interbrain synchrony between individuals performing joint actions. We describe the application of a novel method for measuring musicians' interbrain synchrony: amplitude envelope correlations (AECs). Amplitude envelopes (AEs) reflect energy fluctuations in cortical oscillations over time; AE correlations measure the degree to which two envelope fluctuations are temporally correlated, such as cortical oscillations arising from two individuals performing a joint action. Wireless electroencephalography was recorded from two pianists performing a musical duet; an analysis pipeline is described for computing AEs of cortical oscillations at the duet performance frequency (number of tones produced per second) to test whether these oscillations reflect the temporal dynamics of partners' performances. The pianists' AE correlations were compared with correlations based on a distribution of AEs simulated from white noise signals using the same methods. The AE method was also applied to the temporal characteristics of the pianists' performances, to show that the observed pair's AEs reflect the temporal dynamics of their performance. AE correlations offer a promising approach for assessing interbrain correspondences in cortical activity associated with performing joint tasks.
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- Anna Zamm
- Sequence Production Laboratory, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Laboratory, European Medical School, Institute for Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Laboratory, European Medical School, Institute for Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Laboratory, European Medical School, Institute for Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Sequence Production Laboratory, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Sequence Production Laboratory, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Trainor LJ, Chang A, Cairney J, Li Y. Is auditory perceptual timing a core deficit of developmental coordination disorder? Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018; 1423:30-39. [PMID: 29741273 PMCID: PMC6099217 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Time is an essential dimension for perceiving and processing auditory events, and for planning and producing motor behaviors. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 5-6% of children that is characterized by deficits in motor skills. Studies show that children with DCD have motor timing and sensorimotor timing deficits. We suggest that auditory perceptual timing deficits may also be core characteristics of DCD. This idea is consistent with evidence from several domains, (1) motor-related brain regions are often involved in auditory timing process; (2) DCD has high comorbidity with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity, which are known to be associated with auditory timing deficits; (3) a few studies report deficits in auditory-motor timing among children with DCD; and (4) our preliminary behavioral and neuroimaging results show that children with DCD at age 6 and 7 have deficits in auditory time discrimination compared to typically developing children. We propose directions for investigating auditory perceptual timing processing in DCD that use various behavioral and neuroimaging approaches. From a clinical perspective, research findings can potentially benefit our understanding of the etiology of DCD, identify early biomarkers of DCD, and can be used to develop evidence-based interventions for DCD involving auditory-motor training.
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- Laurel J. Trainor
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and BehaviourMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
- McMaster Institute for Music and the MindMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
- Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest HospitalTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and BehaviourMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
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- Infant and Child Health (INCH) Lab, Department of Family MedicineMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
- Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical EducationUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Infant and Child Health (INCH) Lab, Department of Family MedicineMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
- Child Health Research Center, Institute of Population Health SciencesNational Health Research InstitutesMiaoliTaiwan
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Conradi N, Abel C, Frisch S, Kell CA, Kaiser J, Schmidt-Kassow M. Actively but not passively synchronized motor activity amplifies predictive timing. Neuroimage 2016; 139:211-217. [PMID: 27329809 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.06.033] [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] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the effect of temporal predictability of presented stimuli on attention allocation is enhanced by auditory-motor synchronization (AMS). The present P300 event-related potential study (N=20) investigated whether this enhancement depends on the process of actively synchronizing one's motor output with the acoustic input or whether a passive state of auditory-motor synchrony elicits the same effect. Participants silently counted frequency deviants in sequences of pure tones either during a physically inactive control condition or while pedaling on a cycling ergometer. Tones were presented either at fixed or variable intervals. In addition to the pedaling conditions with fixed or variable stimulation, there was a third condition in which stimuli were adaptively presented in sync with the participants' spontaneous pedaling. We replicated the P300 enhancement for fixed versus variable stimulation and the amplification of this effect by AMS. Synchronization performance correlated positively with P300 amplitude in the fixed stimulation condition. Most interestingly, P300 amplitude was significantly reduced for the passive synchronization condition by adaptive stimulus presentation as compared to the fixed stimulation condition. For the first time we thus provide evidence that it is not the passive state of (even perfect) auditory-motor synchrony that facilitates attention allocation during AMS but rather the active process of synchronizing one's movements with external stimuli.
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- Nadine Conradi
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Department of Neurology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Schmidt-Kassow M, Wilkinson D, Denby E, Ferguson H. Synchronised vestibular signals increase the P300 event-related potential elicited by auditory oddballs. Brain Res 2016; 1648:224-231. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Manca AD, Grimaldi M. Vowels and Consonants in the Brain: Evidence from Magnetoencephalographic Studies on the N1m in Normal-Hearing Listeners. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1413. [PMID: 27713712 PMCID: PMC5031792 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Speech sound perception is one of the most fascinating tasks performed by the human brain. It involves a mapping from continuous acoustic waveforms onto the discrete phonological units computed to store words in the mental lexicon. In this article, we review the magnetoencephalographic studies that have explored the timing and morphology of the N1m component to investigate how vowels and consonants are computed and represented within the auditory cortex. The neurons that are involved in the N1m act to construct a sensory memory of the stimulus due to spatially and temporally distributed activation patterns within the auditory cortex. Indeed, localization of auditory fields maps in animals and humans suggested two levels of sound coding, a tonotopy dimension for spectral properties and a tonochrony dimension for temporal properties of sounds. When the stimulus is a complex speech sound, tonotopy and tonochrony data may give important information to assess whether the speech sound parsing and decoding are generated by pure bottom-up reflection of acoustic differences or whether they are additionally affected by top-down processes related to phonological categories. Hints supporting pure bottom-up processing coexist with hints supporting top-down abstract phoneme representation. Actually, N1m data (amplitude, latency, source generators, and hemispheric distribution) are limited and do not help to disentangle the issue. The nature of these limitations is discussed. Moreover, neurophysiological studies on animals and neuroimaging studies on humans have been taken into consideration. We compare also the N1m findings with the investigation of the magnetic mismatch negativity (MMNm) component and with the analogous electrical components, the N1 and the MMN. We conclude that N1 seems more sensitive to capture lateralization and hierarchical processes than N1m, although the data are very preliminary. Finally, we suggest that MEG data should be integrated with EEG data in the light of the neural oscillations framework and we propose some concerns that should be addressed by future investigations if we want to closely line up language research with issues at the core of the functional brain mechanisms.
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- Anna Dora Manca
- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare sul Linguaggio, University of SalentoLecce, Italy; Laboratorio Diffuso di Ricerca Interdisciplinare Applicata alla MedicinaLecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare sul Linguaggio, University of SalentoLecce, Italy; Laboratorio Diffuso di Ricerca Interdisciplinare Applicata alla MedicinaLecce, Italy
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Sameiro-Barbosa CM, Geiser E. Sensory Entrainment Mechanisms in Auditory Perception: Neural Synchronization Cortico-Striatal Activation. Front Neurosci 2016; 10:361. [PMID: 27559306 PMCID: PMC4978719 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The auditory system displays modulations in sensitivity that can align with the temporal structure of the acoustic environment. This sensory entrainment can facilitate sensory perception and is particularly relevant for audition. Systems neuroscience is slowly uncovering the neural mechanisms underlying the behaviorally observed sensory entrainment effects in the human sensory system. The present article summarizes the prominent behavioral effects of sensory entrainment and reviews our current understanding of the neural basis of sensory entrainment, such as synchronized neural oscillations, and potentially, neural activation in the cortico-striatal system.
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- Catia M Sameiro-Barbosa
- Service de Neuropsychologie et de Neuroréhabilitation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service de Neuropsychologie et de Neuroréhabilitation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire VaudoisLausanne, Switzerland; The Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology, Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire VaudoisLausanne, Switzerland; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA, USA
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Bouwer FL, Werner CM, Knetemann M, Honing H. Disentangling beat perception from sequential learning and examining the influence of attention and musical abilities on ERP responses to rhythm. Neuropsychologia 2016; 85:80-90. [PMID: 26972966 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Beat perception is the ability to perceive temporal regularity in musical rhythm. When a beat is perceived, predictions about upcoming events can be generated. These predictions can influence processing of subsequent rhythmic events. However, statistical learning of the order of sounds in a sequence can also affect processing of rhythmic events and must be differentiated from beat perception. In the current study, using EEG, we examined the effects of attention and musical abilities on beat perception. To ensure we measured beat perception and not absolute perception of temporal intervals, we used alternating loud and soft tones to create a rhythm with two hierarchical metrical levels. To control for sequential learning of the order of the different sounds, we used temporally regular (isochronous) and jittered rhythmic sequences. The order of sounds was identical in both conditions, but only the regular condition allowed for the perception of a beat. Unexpected intensity decrements were introduced on the beat and offbeat. In the regular condition, both beat perception and sequential learning were expected to enhance detection of these deviants on the beat. In the jittered condition, only sequential learning was expected to affect processing of the deviants. ERP responses to deviants were larger on the beat than offbeat in both conditions. Importantly, this difference was larger in the regular condition than in the jittered condition, suggesting that beat perception influenced responses to rhythmic events in addition to sequential learning. The influence of beat perception was present both with and without attention directed at the rhythm. Moreover, beat perception as measured with ERPs correlated with musical abilities, but only when attention was directed at the stimuli. Our study shows that beat perception is possible when attention is not directed at a rhythm. In addition, our results suggest that attention may mediate the influence of musical abilities on beat perception.
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- Fleur L Bouwer
- Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chang A, Bosnyak DJ, Trainor LJ. Unpredicted Pitch Modulates Beta Oscillatory Power during Rhythmic Entrainment to a Tone Sequence. Front Psychol 2016; 7:327. [PMID: 27014138 PMCID: PMC4782565 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Extracting temporal regularities in external stimuli in order to predict upcoming events is an essential aspect of perception. Fluctuations in induced power of beta band (15–25 Hz) oscillations in auditory cortex are involved in predictive timing during rhythmic entrainment, but whether such fluctuations are affected by prediction in the spectral (frequency/pitch) domain remains unclear. We tested whether unpredicted (i.e., unexpected) pitches in a rhythmic tone sequence modulate beta band activity by recording EEG while participants passively listened to isochronous auditory oddball sequences with occasional unpredicted deviant pitches at two different presentation rates. The results showed that the power in low-beta (15–20 Hz) was larger around 200–300 ms following deviant tones compared to standard tones, and this effect was larger when the deviant tones were less predicted. Our results suggest that the induced beta power activities in auditory cortex are consistent with a role in sensory prediction of both “when” (timing) upcoming sounds will occur as well as the prediction precision error of “what” (spectral content in this case). We suggest, further, that both timing and content predictions may co-modulate beta oscillations via attention. These findings extend earlier work on neural oscillations by investigating the functional significance of beta oscillations for sensory prediction. The findings help elucidate the functional significance of beta oscillations in perception.
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- Andrew Chang
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada; McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest HospitalToronto, ON, Canada
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Cheron G, Petit G, Cheron J, Leroy A, Cebolla A, Cevallos C, Petieau M, Hoellinger T, Zarka D, Clarinval AM, Dan B. Brain Oscillations in Sport: Toward EEG Biomarkers of Performance. Front Psychol 2016; 7:246. [PMID: 26955362 PMCID: PMC4768321 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Brain dynamics is at the basis of top performance accomplishment in sports. The search for neural biomarkers of performance remains a challenge in movement science and sport psychology. The non-invasive nature of high-density electroencephalography (EEG) recording has made it a most promising avenue for providing quantitative feedback to practitioners and coaches. Here, we review the current relevance of the main types of EEG oscillations in order to trace a perspective for future practical applications of EEG and event-related potentials (ERP) in sport. In this context, the hypotheses of unified brain rhythms and continuity between wake and sleep states should provide a functional template for EEG biomarkers in sport. The oscillations in the thalamo-cortical and hippocampal circuitry including the physiology of the place cells and the grid cells provide a frame of reference for the analysis of delta, theta, beta, alpha (incl.mu), and gamma oscillations recorded in the space field of human performance. Based on recent neuronal models facilitating the distinction between the different dynamic regimes (selective gating and binding) in these different oscillations we suggest an integrated approach articulating together the classical biomechanical factors (3D movements and EMG) and the high-density EEG and ERP signals to allow finer mathematical analysis to optimize sport performance, such as microstates, coherency/directionality analysis and neural generators.
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- Guy Cheron
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de BruxellesBrussels, Belgium; Laboratory of Electrophysiology, Université de Mons-HainautMons, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de BruxellesBrussels, Belgium; Haute Ecole CondorcetCharleroi, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Neuroscience Institut, Université Libre de BruxellesBrussels, Belgium; Inkendaal Rehabilitation HospitalVlezembeek, Belgium
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Beta-Band Oscillations Represent Auditory Beat and Its Metrical Hierarchy in Perception and Imagery. J Neurosci 2016; 35:15187-98. [PMID: 26558788 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2397-15.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Dancing to music involves synchronized movements, which can be at the basic beat level or higher hierarchical metrical levels, as in a march (groups of two basic beats, one-two-one-two …) or waltz (groups of three basic beats, one-two-three-one-two-three …). Our previous human magnetoencephalography studies revealed that the subjective sense of meter influences auditory evoked responses phase locked to the stimulus. Moreover, the timing of metronome clicks was represented in periodic modulation of induced (non-phase locked) β-band (13-30 Hz) oscillation in bilateral auditory and sensorimotor cortices. Here, we further examine whether acoustically accented and subjectively imagined metric processing in march and waltz contexts during listening to isochronous beats were reflected in neuromagnetic β-band activity recorded from young adult musicians. First, we replicated previous findings of beat-related β-power decrease at 200 ms after the beat followed by a predictive increase toward the onset of the next beat. Second, we showed that the β decrease was significantly influenced by the metrical structure, as reflected by differences across beat type for both perception and imagery conditions. Specifically, the β-power decrease associated with imagined downbeats (the count "one") was larger than that for both the upbeat (preceding the count "one") in the march, and for the middle beat in the waltz. Moreover, beamformer source analysis for the whole brain volume revealed that the metric contrasts involved auditory and sensorimotor cortices; frontal, parietal, and inferior temporal lobes; and cerebellum. We suggest that the observed β-band activities reflect a translation of timing information to auditory-motor coordination. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT With magnetoencephalography, we examined β-band oscillatory activities around 20 Hz while participants listened to metronome beats and imagined musical meters such as a march and waltz. We demonstrated that β-band event-related desynchronization in the auditory cortex differentiates between beat positions, specifically between downbeats and the following beat. This is the first demonstration of β-band oscillations related to hierarchical and internalized timing information. Moreover, the meter representation in the β oscillations was widespread across the brain, including sensorimotor and premotor cortices, parietal lobe, and cerebellum. The results extend current understanding of the role of β oscillations in neural processing of predictive timing.
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Etchell AC, Ryan M, Martin E, Johnson BW, Sowman PF. Abnormal time course of low beta modulation in non-fluent preschool children: A magnetoencephalographic study of rhythm tracking. Neuroimage 2015; 125:953-963. [PMID: 26545455 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Stuttering is a disorder of speech affecting millions of people around the world. Whilst the exact aetiology of stuttering remains unknown, it has been hypothesised that it is a disorder of the neural mechanisms that support speech timing. In this article, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to examine activity from auditory regions of the brain in stuttering and non-stuttering children aged 3-9years. For typically developing children, we found that MEG oscillations in the beta band responded to rhythmic sounds with a peak near the time of stimulus onset. In contrast, stuttering children showed an opposite phase of beta band envelope, with a trough of activity at stimulus onset. These results suggest that stuttering may result from abnormalities in predictive brain responses which are reflected in abnormal entrainment of the beta band envelope to rhythmic sounds.
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- Andrew C Etchell
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Australia; Perception in Action Research Centre (PARC), Australia; Department of Cognitive Science, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Australia; Department of Cognitive Science, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Australia; Department of Cognitive Science, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Australia; Department of Cognitive Science, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Australia; Perception in Action Research Centre (PARC), Australia; Department of Cognitive Science, Australia
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Merchant H, Grahn J, Trainor L, Rohrmeier M, Fitch WT. Finding the beat: a neural perspective across humans and non-human primates. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 370:20140093. [PMID: 25646516 PMCID: PMC4321134 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Humans possess an ability to perceive and synchronize movements to the beat in music ('beat perception and synchronization'), and recent neuroscientific data have offered new insights into this beat-finding capacity at multiple neural levels. Here, we review and compare behavioural and neural data on temporal and sequential processing during beat perception and entrainment tasks in macaques (including direct neural recording and local field potential (LFP)) and humans (including fMRI, EEG and MEG). These abilities rest upon a distributed set of circuits that include the motor cortico-basal-ganglia-thalamo-cortical (mCBGT) circuit, where the supplementary motor cortex (SMA) and the putamen are critical cortical and subcortical nodes, respectively. In addition, a cortical loop between motor and auditory areas, connected through delta and beta oscillatory activity, is deeply involved in these behaviours, with motor regions providing the predictive timing needed for the perception of, and entrainment to, musical rhythms. The neural discharge rate and the LFP oscillatory activity in the gamma- and beta-bands in the putamen and SMA of monkeys are tuned to the duration of intervals produced during a beat synchronization-continuation task (SCT). Hence, the tempo during beat synchronization is represented by different interval-tuned cells that are activated depending on the produced interval. In addition, cells in these areas are tuned to the serial-order elements of the SCT. Thus, the underpinnings of beat synchronization are intrinsically linked to the dynamics of cell populations tuned for duration and serial order throughout the mCBGT. We suggest that a cross-species comparison of behaviours and the neural circuits supporting them sets the stage for a new generation of neurally grounded computational models for beat perception and synchronization.
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- Hugo Merchant
- Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, campus Juriquilla, Querétaro 76230, México
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- Brain and Mind Institute, and Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT Intelligence Initiative, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna 1090, Austria
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Trainor LJ, Cirelli L. Rhythm and interpersonal synchrony in early social development. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2015; 1337:45-52. [DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laurel J. Trainor
- Department of Psychology; Neuroscience and Behaviour; McMaster University; Hamilton Ontario Canada
- McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind; Hamilton Ontario Canada
- Rotman Research Institute; Baycrest Hospital; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychology; Neuroscience and Behaviour; McMaster University; Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Rebecca S. Schaefer
- SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind; University of California; Santa Barbara California
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- Institute for Music in Human and Social Development; Reid School of Music; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh United Kingdom
- Don Wright Faculty of Music; University of Western Ontario; London Ontario Canada
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Etchell AC, Johnson BW, Sowman PF. Beta oscillations, timing, and stuttering. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 8:1036. [PMID: 25601832 PMCID: PMC4283545 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Andrew C Etchell
- Department of Cognitive Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Cognitive Science, Perception in Action Research Centre, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Cognitive Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Cognitive Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Cognitive Science, Perception in Action Research Centre, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia
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