Motor-induced Suppression of the Auditory Cortex

Aliu, Sheye O.; Houde, John F.; Nagarajan, Srikantan S.

doi:10.1162/jocn.2009.21055

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“…Due to the relative insensitivity of MEG to non-superficial, non-tangential sources, attenuated N1m ERFs in contingent stimulation protocols are generally attributed to the attenuation of this N1 subcomponent (e.g. Aliu, Houde, & Nagarajan, 2009, Martikainen, et al, 2005. In the ERPs, a decreased positivity at the mastoid electrodes beside the decreased (less negative) fronto-central negativity is a good indicator that the experimental manipulation affected the supra-temporal component if the EEG was recorded with nose-reference.…”

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Action-related auditory ERP attenuation: Paradigms and hypotheses

Horváth¹

2015

Brain Research

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A number studies have shown that the auditory N1 event-related potential (ERP) is attenuated when elicited by self-induced or self-generated sounds. Because N1 is a correlate of auditory feature-and event-detection, it was generally assumed that N1-attenuation reflected the cancellation of auditory re-afference, enabled by the internal forward modeling of the predictable sensory consequences of the given action. Focusing on paradigms utilizing non-speech actions, the present review summarizes recent progress on action-related auditory attenuation. Following a critical analysis of the most widely used, contingent paradigm, two further hypotheses on the possible causes of action-related auditory ERP attenuation are presented. The attention hypothesis suggests that auditory ERP attenuation is brought about by a temporary division of attention between the action and the auditory stimulation. The preactivation hypothesis suggests that the attenuation is caused by the activation of a sensory template during the initiation of the action, which interferes with the incoming stimulation.Although each hypothesis can account for a number of findings, none of them can accommodate the whole spectrum of results. It is suggested that a better understanding of auditory ERP attenuation phenomena could be achieved by systematic investigations of the types of actions, the degree of action-effect contingency, and the temporal characteristics of action-effect contingency representation-buildup and -deactivation.3

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Action-related auditory ERP attenuation: Paradigms and hypotheses

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2015

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“…With enhanced skill, fewer neurons are recruited for the same movements, which show a decrease in movement variability, and less effort is necessary for their execution, allowing musicians to progressively dedicate their attention to artistic goals rather than sensorimotor ones (Krings et al 2000;Jancke et al 2000). Finally, internally generated movement deriving from a forward model gives rise to motor-induced suppression of sensory cortical feedback (Aliu et al 2009). …”

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Musical training intensity yields opposite effects on grey matter density in cognitive versus sensorimotor networks

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Using optimized voxel-based morphometry, we performed grey matter density analyses on 59 age-, sexand intelligence-matched young adults with three distinct, progressive levels of musical training intensity or expertise. Structural brain adaptations in musicians have been repeatedly demonstrated in areas involved in auditory perception and motor skills. However, musical activities are not confined to auditory perception and motor performance, but are entangled with higher-order cognitive processes. In consequence, neuronal systems involved in such higher-order processing may also be shaped by experiencedriven plasticity. We modelled expertise as a three-level regressor to study possible linear relationships of expertise with grey matter density. The key finding of this study resides in a functional dissimilarity between areas exhibiting increase versus decrease of grey matter as a function of musical expertise. Grey matter density increased with expertise in areas known for their involvement in higherorder cognitive processing: right fusiform gyrus (visual pattern recognition), right mid orbital gyrus (tonal sensitivity), left inferior frontal gyrus (syntactic processing, executive function, working memory), left intraparietal sulcus (visuo-motor coordination) and bilateral posterior cerebellar Crus II (executive function, working memory) and in auditory processing: left Heschl's gyrus. Conversely, grey matter density decreased with expertise in bilateral perirolandic and striatal areas that are related to sensorimotor function, possibly reflecting high automation of motor skills. Moreover, a multiple regression analysis evidenced that grey matter density in the right mid orbital area and the inferior frontal gyrus predicted accuracy in detecting fine-grained incongruities in tonal music.

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“…The first examines the neural activity leading up to a voluntary action representing the planning and preparatory activity before the initiation of a movement (Libet, Gleason, Wright, & Pearl, 1983;Deecke, Scheid, & Kornhube, 1969). The second examines the neural processing of sensory consequences caused by self-made actions (Aliu, Houde, & Nagarajan, 2009;Martikainen, Kaneko, & Hari, 2005). These components have not only been measured during action-effect tasks to investigate the processing of actions and their consequences independently but also used as evidence to indicate the role predictive processes have when associating our actions with their corresponding effect.…”

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“…Investigations into the prediction of consequences have focused on particular components of the sensory ERP. Reductions in the amplitude of the N1 component have been found for sensory effects caused by self-made actions (i.e., self-made effects; Bass, Jacobsen, & Schroger, 2008;Martikainen et al, 2005) in both the auditory domain (Hughes, Desantis, & Waszak, 2013;Knolle, Schroger, & Kotz, 2013;Baess, Horvath, Jacobsen, & Schroger, 2011;Lange, 2011;Aliu et al, 2009) and the visual domain (Gentsch, Kathmann, & Schutz-Bosbach, 2012;Gentsch & Schutz-Bosbach, 2011;Hughes & Waszak, 2011). Even greater decreases in amplitude have been found for selfmade consequences that were predictable compared with self-made effects that were not (Hughes et al, 2013;Knolle et al, 2013;Gentsch et al, 2012).…”

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“…The decrease in N1 amplitude is thought to occur because of top-down predictions from the motor system suppressing the activity of the auditory cortex (Aliu et al, 2009). Many authors have concluded that the N1 suppression during action-effect tasks provides evidence that we process the consequences of our own actions through predictions within an internal model of action (Hughes et al, 2013;Aliu et al, 2009;Bass et al, 2008).…”

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Implicit Agency in Observed Actions: Evidence for N1 Suppression of Tones Caused by Self-made and Observed Actions

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McFadyen

Ogden

et al. 2015

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Abstract■ Every day we make attributions about how our actions and the actions of others cause consequences in the world around us. It is unknown whether we use the same implicit process in attributing causality when observing othersʼ actions as we do when making our own. The aim of this research was to investigate the neural processes involved in the implicit sense of agency we form between actions and effects, for both our own actions and when watching othersʼ actions. Using an interval estimation paradigm to elicit intentional binding in self-made and observed actions, we measured the EEG responses indicative of anticipatory processes before an action and the ERPs in response to the sensory consequence. We replicated our previous findings that we form a sense of implicit agency over our own and othersʼ actions. Crucially, EEG results showed that tones caused by either self-made or observed actions both resulted in suppression of the N1 component of the sensory ERP, with no difference in suppression between consequences caused by observed actions compared with self-made actions. Furthermore, this N1 suppression was greatest for tones caused by observed goal-directed actions rather than non-action or non-goal-related visual events. This suggests that top-down processes act upon the neural responses to sensory events caused by goal-directed actions in the same way for events caused by the self or those made by other agents. ■

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Motor-induced Suppression of the Auditory Cortex

Cited by 181 publications

References 35 publications

Action-related auditory ERP attenuation: Paradigms and hypotheses

Action-related auditory ERP attenuation: Paradigms and hypotheses

Musical training intensity yields opposite effects on grey matter density in cognitive versus sensorimotor networks

Implicit Agency in Observed Actions: Evidence for N1 Suppression of Tones Caused by Self-made and Observed Actions

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