Mismatch Negativity (MMN) evoked by sound duration contrasts: An unexpected major effect of deviance direction on amplitudes

Duration estimation entails predicting when

“…As mentioned in the introductory section, it is important to note that the pattern of MMF amplitude response to duration deviants has been quite diverse in the literature (Amenedo and Escera, 2000;Cécile Colin et al, 2009;Colin et al, 2009;Grimm et al, 2004;Jacobsen and Schröger, 2003;Jaramillo et al, 2000;Joutsiniemi et al, 1998;Näätänen et al, 1989;Tervaniemi et al, 1999). At the latency of the expected duration MMF, the pattern observed here consisted in the amplitude of the auditory evoked response increasing as a function of increased duration whereas the residual error pattern was observed in the midlatency range in the TEST condition.…”

“…In a seminal report, the existence of an MMN elicited by duration changes was taken as supporting evidence for a memory trace and for the possible existence of duration neurons in auditory cortex . In early studies, the MMN elicited by tones longer than standards were larger than those elicited by tones of shorter duration (Catts et al, 1995;Jaramillo et al, 1999;Näätänen, 1992;Näätänen et al, 1989); the reverse has also been reported, namely: MMN elicited by shorter durations can be larger than those elicited by longer durations (Colin et al, 2009). Importantly, the amplitude of the MMN has also been reported to correlate with perceptual accuracy of duration estimates (Amenedo and Escera, 2000) and consistent with the MMN as an index of residual error in predictive coding, the more distant the deviant duration was from the standard (irrespective of being shorter or longer), the larger the recorded MMN (Jaramillo et al, 2000).…”

MISMATCH NEGATIVITY AND P300 TO BEHAVIORALLY PERCEPTIBLE AND IMPERCEPTIBLE TEMPORAL CONTRASTS1

“…In general, mismatch-negativity amplitude increases as the degree of discrepancy in duration between the target and standard stimuli increases in either direction (Jaramillo, Paavilainen, & Näätänen, 2000). Although mismatch negativities have been shown to be more robust when the target is shorter rather than longer, relative to the standard stimulus (Colin, Hoonhorst, Markessis, Radeau, de Tourtchaninoff, Foucher, et al, 2009). Joutsiniemi, Ilvonen, Sinkkonen, Huotilainen, Tervaniemi, Lehtokoski, et al (1998 reported the presence of a mismatch negativity response for nearly all participants (i.e., 39 of 40) using 75-msec.…”

Differential cerebral reactivity to shortest and longer tones: Neuromagnetic and behavioral evidence

“…Previous studies have shown some asymmetries in the processing of duration decrement and duration increment in oddball paradigms (Takegata et al, 2008;Colin et al, 2009). Notably, within an equiprobable block of our present study, a prominent response to the shortest duration tone was identified, and its amplitude depended on the relative magnitude of duration deviance.…”

“…Inouchi et al (2003Inouchi et al ( , 2004) observed a stronger mismatch response to shortening than lengthening of vowel duration. Also, the MMN amplitude was larger for short deviants than long deviants (Jaramillo et al, 2000;Takegata et al, 2008;Colin et al, 2009). These findings inspired our scientific interest in studying the processing of duration-varying tones in human brains.…”