Mismatch Negativity and Stimulus-Preceding Negativity in Paradigms of Increasing Auditory Complexity: A Possible Role in Predictive Coding

The auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) has been considered a preattentive index of auditory processing and/or a signature of prediction error computation. This study tries to demonstrate the presence of an MMN to deviant trials included in complex auditory stimuli sequences, and its possible relatio...

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Published in:Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-03, Vol.23 (3), p.346
Main Authors: Ruiz-Martínez, Francisco J, Arjona, Antonio, Gómez, Carlos M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Amplitudes
Auditory stimuli
Coding
Complexity
contingent negative variation
Error analysis
Hypotheses
intertrial interval
mismatch negativity
predictive coding
regularity-violation hypothesis
stimulus preceding negativity
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Summary:The auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) has been considered a preattentive index of auditory processing and/or a signature of prediction error computation. This study tries to demonstrate the presence of an MMN to deviant trials included in complex auditory stimuli sequences, and its possible relationship to predictive coding. Additionally, the transfer of information between trials is expected to be represented by stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN), which would possibly fit the predictive coding framework. To accomplish these objectives, the EEG of 31 subjects was recorded during an auditory paradigm in which trials composed of stimulus sequences with increasing or decreasing frequencies were intermingled with deviant trials presenting an unexpected ending. Our results showed the presence of an MMN in response to deviant trials. An SPN appeared during the intertrial interval and its amplitude was reduced in response to deviant trials. The presence of an MMN in complex sequences of sounds and the generation of an SPN component, with different amplitudes in deviant and standard trials, would support the predictive coding framework.
ISSN:1099-4300
1099-4300
DOI:10.3390/e23030346