Auditory rhythms entrain visual processes in the human brain: Evidence from evoked oscillations and event-related potentials

被引:45
作者
Escoffier, Nicolas [1 ,2 ]
Herrmann, Christoph S. [3 ]
Schirmer, Annett [1 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Psychol, Singapore 117570, Singapore
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Asia Res Inst, Singapore 117570, Singapore
[3] Carl von Ossietzky Univ Oldenburg, European Med Sch, Ctr Excellence Hearing4all, Expt Psychol Lab,Dept Psychol, Oldenburg, Germany
[4] Duke NUS Grad Med Sch, Singapore, Singapore
[5] Natl Univ Singapore, LSI Neurobiol Ageing Programme, Singapore 117548, Singapore
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Timing; Time perception; Temporal preparation; Dynamic attending; ALPHA-PHASE; NEURONAL OSCILLATIONS; RESPONSE LATENCIES; REACTION-TIME; STEADY-STATE; EEG ALPHA; ATTENTION; PERCEPTION; MODULATION; INTERVAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.024
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Temporal regularities in the environment are thought to guide the allocation of attention in time. Here, we explored whether entrainment of neuronal oscillations underpins this phenomenon. Participants viewed a regular stream of images in silence, or in-synchrony or out-of-synchrony with an unmarked beat position of a slow (1.3 Hz) auditory rhythm. Focusing on occipital recordings, we analyzed evoked oscillations shortly before and event-related potentials (ERPs) shortly after image onset. The phase of beta-band oscillations in the in-synchrony condition differed from that in the out-of-synchrony and silence conditions. Additionally, ERPs revealed rhythm effects for a stimulus onset potential (SOP) and the N1. Both were more negative for the in-synchrony as compared to the out-of-synchrony and silence conditions and their amplitudes positively correlated with the beta phase effects. Taken together, these findings indicate that rhythmic expectations are supported by a reorganization of neural oscillations that seems to benefit stimulus processing at expected time points. Importantly, this reorganization emerges from global rhythmic cues, across modalities, and for frequencies significantly higher than the external rhythm. As such, our findings support the idea that entrainment of neuronal oscillations represents a general mechanism through which the brain uses predictive elements in the environment to optimize attention and stimulus perception. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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