Disentangling Neural Synchronization and Sustained Neural Activity in the Processing of Auditory Temporal Patterns

To investigate whether NS and SA co-occur, the authors used sequences of tones arranged in random and regular frequency patterns; in this case, coherent frequency modulation (FM), similar to previous experiments on SA (Barascud et al., 2016; Southwell et al., 2017). (2016) demonstrated an interactio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience 2018-12, Vol.12, p.497-497
Main Authors: Motala, Aysha, Caceres, Lucila Guadalupe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
auditory perception
auditory rhythms
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Conflicts of interest
Cortex (auditory)
Electroencephalography
Frequency dependence
Frontal gyrus
Information processing
Magnetic fields
neural processing
neural synchronization
Neuroscience
Short term memory
Somatosensory cortex
Sound
sustained neural activity
Synchronization
Temporal cortex
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To investigate whether NS and SA co-occur, the authors used sequences of tones arranged in random and regular frequency patterns; in this case, coherent frequency modulation (FM), similar to previous experiments on SA (Barascud et al., 2016; Southwell et al., 2017). (2016) demonstrated an interaction between the primary auditory cortex, the hippocampus and inferior frontal gyrus during regularity detection by SA. We suggest that the participation and activation of these areas during cognitive processes, like attention and working memory, could help to explain increased SA as well as the difference in NS. Causal perturbation of sensory cortices using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), or alternatively through a dual-task paradigm where one task recruits attentional mechanisms and the second employs cognitive processing (that excludes specific attentional processing), would clarify this interaction. Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00497