Motor expertise modulates neural oscillations and temporal dynamics of cognitive control

Wang, Chun‐Hao; Yang, Cheng; Moreau, David; Muggleton, Neil G.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.07.009

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“…In spite of the studies above, brain oscillations and their relationship with sports performance are relatively poorly understood, although it has been proposed that they play an important role in performance (Babiloni et al, 2010;Cheron et al, 2016;Denis et al, 2017;di Fronso et al, 2017;Wang et al, 2017). Although sport expertise may have an integrative perspective in the brain, including sensorimotor and cognitive control (Yarrow et al, 2009;Cheron et al, 2016), most studies were performed including an endurance sport (e.g., running/cycling) and sports with more technical-tactical dependence (e.g., badminton and tennis).…”

Section: Impact Of Exercise In the Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Limitations of those previous studies comparing neuroelectric responses between experienced and novice athletes include the use of a channel-based analysis, which may result in a nonprecise localization of the bioelectrical generator due to the conduction volume effect (Denis et al, 2017). Also, considering only ERPs can cause a loss of information about the very subtle changes in frequency bands, which may be noteworthy especially for sports performance (Babiloni et al, 2010;Cheron et al, 2016;Denis et al, 2017;Wang et al, 2017). In this regard, other approaches to assess neuroelectric responses to a cognitive stimulus may expand our understanding of how, when and where given cognitive processes occur.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this regard, other approaches to assess neuroelectric responses to a cognitive stimulus may expand our understanding of how, when and where given cognitive processes occur. EEG frequency bands have been studied to understand how experienced individuals (i.e., professional of different areas) would differ from novices, with particular interest on theta (4-7 Hz), alpha (8-12 Hz), and beta (12-35 Hz) bands (Babiloni et al, 2010;Cheron et al, 2016;Denis et al, 2017;Wang et al, 2017). Previous experimental studies have shown that marksman exhibited overall higher theta and alpha, and lower beta and gamma (36-44 Hz) across various electrode positions before shooting and during processing of a verbal and spatial stimuli compared to novice shooters (Haufler et al, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) is a time-frequency approach for EEG data analysis, time-locked to the event and highly frequency-band specific. ERSP involves the analysis of both event-related synchronization (ERS) and desynchronization (ERD) of EEG frequency bands during cognitive and visuomotor tasks (Babiloni et al, 2009(Babiloni et al, , 2016Del Percio et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2017). ERD has been suggested to reflect the activation and excitability of cortical neurons, while ERS has been linked to reduced information processing, low motor behavior and/or deactivation of cortical networks (Pfurtscheller, 2001).…”

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Influence of Judo Experience on Neuroelectric Activity During a Selective Attention Task

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Objective: We compared the cognitive performance and neuroelectric responses during a selective attentional task in judo athletes with different levels of expertise. Methods: Judo black and white belt athletes performed both general and specific fitness tests while simultaneously completing a Stroop color-word test recorded by 64 electroencephalogram channels. Results: Cognitive behavioral performance and event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) present no differences between groups. However, the topographic analysis found different neural source patterns in each group. Judo black belts compared to judo white belts presented a greater peak amplitude of P300 in the middle frontal gyrus and of N200 in the cuneus, but slower latency of P300 in the precuneus. Conclusion: Despite no difference in cognitive behavioral performance, judo expertise causes a difference in the allocation of attentional and conflict detection neural resources.

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Section: Impact Of Exercise In the Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact Of Exercise In the Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact Of Exercise In the Brainmentioning

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Influence of Judo Experience on Neuroelectric Activity During a Selective Attention Task

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“…Ϫ700 to Ϫ500 ms). The signals were subsequently cropped at Ϫ500 ms, and current source density transformation was applied to the scalp voltage data to enhance the spatial specificity of the signals McTeague et al, 2015;Vidal et al, 2015).…”

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Visuomotor Correlates of Conflict Expectation in the Context of Motor Decisions

et al. 2018

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Many behaviors require choosing between conflicting options competing against each other in visuomotor areas. Such choices can benefit from top-down control processes engaging frontal areas in advance of conflict when it is anticipated. Yet, very little is known about how this proactive control system shapes the visuomotor competition. Here, we used electroencephalography in human subjects (male and female) to identify the visual and motor correlates of conflict expectation in a version of the Eriksen Flanker task that required left or right responses according to the direction of a central target arrow surrounded by congruent or incongruent (conflicting) flankers. Visual conflict was either highly expected (it occurred in 80% of trials; mostly incongruent blocks) or very unlikely (20% of trials; mostly congruent blocks). We evaluated selective attention in the visual cortex by recording target- and flanker-related steady-state visual-evoked potentials (SSVEPs) and probed action selection by measuring response-locked potentials (RLPs) in the motor cortex. Conflict expectation enhanced accuracy in incongruent trials, but this improvement occurred at the cost of speed in congruent trials. Intriguingly, this behavioral adjustment occurred while visuomotor activity was less finely tuned: target-related SSVEPs were smaller while flanker-related SSVEPs were higher in mostly incongruent blocks than in mostly congruent blocks, and incongruent trials were associated with larger RLPs in the ipsilateral (nonselected) motor cortex. Hence, our data suggest that conflict expectation recruits control processes that augment the tolerance for inappropriate visuomotor activations (rather than processes that downregulate their amplitude), allowing for overflow activity to occur without having it turn into the selection of an incorrect response. Motor choices made in front of discordant visual information are more accurate when conflict can be anticipated, probably due to the engagement of top-down control from frontal areas. How this control system modulates activity within visual and motor areas is unknown. Here, we show that, when control processes are recruited in anticipation of conflict, as evidenced by higher midfrontal theta activity, visuomotor activity is less finely tuned: visual processing of the goal-relevant location was reduced and the motor cortex displayed more inappropriate activations, compared with when conflict was unlikely. We argue that conflict expectation is associated with an expansion of the distance-to-selection threshold, improving accuracy while the need for online control of visuomotor activity is reduced.

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Changes in sensorimotor cortex oscillatory activity by orexin‐A in the ventrolateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus reflect increased muscle tone

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Teske

Kotz

et al. 2023

J of Neuroscience Research

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Orexin-A (OXA) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide implicated in the regulation of wakefulness, appetite, reward processing, muscle tone, motor activity, and other physiological processes. The broad range of systems affected stems from the widespread projections of orexin neurons toward multiple brain regions regulating numerous physiological processes. Orexin neurons integrate nutritional, energetic, and behavioral cues and modulate the functions of target structures. Orexin promotes spontaneous physical activity (SPA), and we recently showed that orexin injected into the ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO) of the hypothalamus increases behavioral arousal and SPA in rats. However, the specific mechanisms underlying the role of orexin in physical activity are unknown. Here we tested the hypothesis that OXA injected into the VLPO alters the oscillatory activity in the electroencephalogram (EEG) to reflect an increased excitability of the sensorimotor cortex, which may explain the associated increase in SPA. The results showed that OXA increased wakefulness following injections into the VLPO. In addition, OXA altered the power spectrum of the EEG during the awake state by decreasing the power of 5-19 Hz oscillations and increasing the power of >35 Hz oscillations, which are markers of increased sensorimotor excitability. Consistently, we found that OXA induced greater muscle activity. Furthermore, we found a similar change in power spectrum during slow-wave sleep, which suggests that OXA altered the EEG activity in a fundamental way, even in the absence of physical activity. These results support the idea that OXA increases the excitability of the sensorimotor system, which may explain the corresponding increase in awake time, muscle tone, and SPA.

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Motor expertise modulates neural oscillations and temporal dynamics of cognitive control

Cited by 40 publications

References 76 publications

Influence of Judo Experience on Neuroelectric Activity During a Selective Attention Task

Influence of Judo Experience on Neuroelectric Activity During a Selective Attention Task

Visuomotor Correlates of Conflict Expectation in the Context of Motor Decisions

Changes in sensorimotor cortex oscillatory activity by orexin‐A in the ventrolateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus reflect increased muscle tone

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