The time-course of auditory and visual distraction effects in a new crossmodal paradigm

Bendixen, Alexandra; Grimm, Sabine; Deouell, Leon Y.; Wetzel, Nicole; Mädebach, Andreas; Schröger, Erich

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.004

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“…Further evidence for the involvement of cognitive mechanisms in AP participants arises from labeling tasks, as manifested by a reduction in the P3b component, a reduction in the posterior positive and anterior negative slow waves (Itoh et al, 2005), or by increased N400 and LPC responses (Elmer, Sollberger, et al, 2013). Overall, the reduced P3a amplitudes in our study can be explained as decreased susceptibility among AP participants responding to tones, suggesting more efficient and parsimonious cognitive processing (Bendixen et al, 2010;Wetzel & Schröger, 2007;Wetzel, Widmann, Berti, & Schröger, 2006;Berti et al, 2004;Roeber, Berti, & Schröger, 2003;Gumenyuk et al, 2001;Escera, Alho, Winkler, & Näätänen, 1998;Schröger & Wolff, 1998).…”

Section: P3a Responsesmentioning

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“…In fact, it appears plausible to assume that the pitch types, which have explicitly been acquired in the coding process during the sensitive period, are more efficiently processed. Possibly, the reduction of the P3a responses in this context reflects the establishment of cognitive resources on which pitch labeling relies, because reduced P3a responses have repeatedly been associated with more efficient cognitive and behavioral performance (Bendixen et al, 2010;Wetzel & Schröger, 2007;Wetzel et al, 2006;Berti et al, 2004;Roeber et al, 2003;Gumenyuk et al, 2001;Escera et al, 1998;Schröger & Wolff, 1998).…”

Section: The Influence Of Early Musical Training On Apmentioning

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Absolute Pitch: Evidence for Early Cognitive Facilitation during Passive Listening as Revealed by Reduced P3a Amplitudes

Rogenmoser

Elmer

Jäncke

2015

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Absolute pitch (AP) is the rare ability to identify or produce different pitches without using reference tones. At least two sequential processing stages are assumed to contribute to this phenomenon. The first recruits a pitch memory mechanism at an early stage of auditory processing, whereas the second is driven more by a later cognitive mechanism (pitch labeling). Several investigations have used active tasks, but it is unclear how these two mechanisms contribute to AP during passive listening. The present work investigated the temporal dynamics of tone processing in AP and non-AP (NAP)participants, using EEG. We applied a passive oddball paradigm with between-and within-tone category manipulations and analyzed the MMN reflecting the early stage of auditory processing and, for the first time, the P3a response reflecting the later cognitive mechanism during the second processing stage. Results did not reveal between-group differences in MMN waveforms. But, the P3a response was specifically associated with AP and sensitive to processing different pitch types. Specifically, AP participants exhibited smaller P3a amplitudes, especially in between-tone category conditions, and P3a responses correlated significantly with the age of commencement of musical training, suggesting an influence of early musical exposure on AP. Our results reinforce the current opinion that the representation of pitches at the processing level of the auditory-related cortex is similar among AP and NAP participants, whereas the later processing stage is critical for AP. Results are interpreted as reflecting cognitive facilitation in AP participants, possibly driven by the availability of multiple codes for tones. Abstract ■ Absolute pitch (AP) is the rare ability to identify or produce different pitches without using reference tones. At least two sequential processing stages are assumed to contribute to this phenomenon. The first recruits a pitch memory mechanism at an early stage of auditory processing, whereas the second is driven by a later cognitive mechanism (pitch labeling). Several investigations have used active tasks, but it is unclear how these two mechanisms contribute to AP during passive listening. The present work investigated the temporal dynamics of tone processing in AP and non-AP (NAP) participants by using EEG. We applied a passive oddball paradigm with between-and withintone category manipulations and analyzed the MMN reflecting the early stage of auditory processing and the P3a response reflecting the later cognitive mechanism during the second processing stage. Results did not reveal between-group differences in MMN waveforms. By contrast, the P3a response was specifically associated with AP and sensitive to the processing of different pitch types. Specifically, AP participants exhibited smaller P3a amplitudes, especially in between-tone category conditions, and P3a responses correlated significantly with the age of commencement of musical training, suggesting an influence of early musical exposure on AP. Our ...

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Section: P3a Responsesmentioning

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Section: The Influence Of Early Musical Training On Apmentioning

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Absolute Pitch: Evidence for Early Cognitive Facilitation during Passive Listening as Revealed by Reduced P3a Amplitudes

Rogenmoser

Elmer

Jäncke

2015

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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“…Distraction by task-irrelevant novel sounds has been shown to, for example, prolong reaction times and reduce accuracy on a task in which images had to be categorized (Wetzel et al, 2013). Such effects occur across as well as within sensory modalities, and have been reported for the visual modality (Bendixen et al, 2010;Berti and Schroger, 2006), auditory modality Escera et al, 2000;Parmentier and Andres, 2010;Parmentier et al, 2011a,c;Wetzel et al, 2006Wetzel et al, , 2013, and tactile modality (Ljungberg and Parmentier, 2012;Parmentier et al, 2011b).…”

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Short- and long-lasting consequences of novelty, deviance and surprise on brain and cognition

Schomaker

Meeter

2015

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…Many predictive processes are actually investigated in more detail in the visual modality. Yet when directly comparing predictive processes and their impact on attention, effects are typically larger in the auditory than in the visual system (Bendixen et al, 2010b;Berti and Schröger, 2001;Boll and Berti, 2009). It could be that predictive mechanisms are implemented in a particularly efficient manner in the auditory system because of the nature of auditory stimuli.…”

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Early electrophysiological indicators for predictive processing in audition: A review

Bendixen

SanMiguel

Schröger

2012

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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The time-course of auditory and visual distraction effects in a new crossmodal paradigm

Cited by 53 publications

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Absolute Pitch: Evidence for Early Cognitive Facilitation during Passive Listening as Revealed by Reduced P3a Amplitudes

Absolute Pitch: Evidence for Early Cognitive Facilitation during Passive Listening as Revealed by Reduced P3a Amplitudes

Short- and long-lasting consequences of novelty, deviance and surprise on brain and cognition

Early electrophysiological indicators for predictive processing in audition: A review

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