Training with audio and video games improves audiospatial performance in a “cocktail-party” task: A controlled intervention study in young adults

Jb, Schuchert; Lewald, Jörg

doi:10.1101/2020.11.17.386300

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“…Recent work on this topic has shown that various age groups profit from action video game training, showing enhanced performances in task switching abilities after playing for 3 weeks ( Basak et al, 2008 ; Strobach et al, 2012 ; Wang et al, 2016 ). Recently, Schuchert and Lewald (2020) , using a similar “cocktail-party” task as used here, demonstrated that both audio action game training and video non-action game training improved auditory selective spatial attention in younger adults. The present results thus suggest that a bimodal (audio-visual synchronous) game training may also be promising in this respect.…”

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Short-Term Audiovisual Spatial Training Enhances Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Selective Spatial Attention

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Audiovisual cross-modal training has been proposed as a tool to improve human spatial hearing. Here, we investigated training-induced modulations of event-related potential (ERP) components that have been associated with processes of auditory selective spatial attention when a speaker of interest has to be localized in a multiple speaker (“cocktail-party”) scenario. Forty-five healthy participants were tested, including younger (19–29 years; n = 21) and older (66–76 years; n = 24) age groups. Three conditions of short-term training (duration 15 min) were compared, requiring localization of non-speech targets under “cocktail-party” conditions with either (1) synchronous presentation of co-localized auditory-target and visual stimuli (audiovisual-congruency training) or (2) immediate visual feedback on correct or incorrect localization responses (visual-feedback training), or (3) presentation of spatially incongruent auditory-target and visual stimuli presented at random positions with synchronous onset (control condition). Prior to and after training, participants were tested in an auditory spatial attention task (15 min), requiring localization of a predefined spoken word out of three distractor words, which were presented with synchronous stimulus onset from different positions. Peaks of ERP components were analyzed with a specific focus on the N2, which is known to be a correlate of auditory selective spatial attention. N2 amplitudes were significantly larger after audiovisual-congruency training compared with the remaining training conditions for younger, but not older, participants. Also, at the time of the N2, distributed source analysis revealed an enhancement of neural activity induced by audiovisual-congruency training in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 9) for the younger group. These findings suggest that cross-modal processes induced by audiovisual-congruency training under “cocktail-party” conditions at a short time scale resulted in an enhancement of correlates of auditory selective spatial attention.

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Short-Term Audiovisual Spatial Training Enhances Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Selective Spatial Attention

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“…Recent work on this topic has shown that various age groups profit from action video game training, showing enhanced performances in task switching abilities after playing for three weeks (Basak et al, 2008;Strobach et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2016). Recently, Schuchert and Lewald (2020), using a similar "cocktail-party" task as used here, demonstrated that both audio action game training and video non-action game training improved auditory selective spatial attention in younger adults. The present results suggest that a bimodal (audio-visual synchronous) game training may also be promising in this respect.…”

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Short-term audiovisual spatial training enhances electrophysiological correlates of auditory selective spatial attention

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Schlueter

Getzmann

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Audiovisual cross-modal training has been proposed as a tool to improve human spatial hearing. Here, we investigated training-induced modulations of auditory-evoked event-related potential (ERP) components that have been associated with processes of auditory selective spatial attention when a speaker of interest has to be localized in a multiple speaker (“cocktail-party”) scenario. Forty-five healthy subjects were tested, including younger (19-29 yrs; n = 21) and older (66-76 yrs; n = 24) age groups. Three conditions of short-term training (duration 15 minutes) were compared, requiring localization of non-speech targets under “cocktail-party” conditions with either (1) synchronous presentation of co-localized auditory-target and visual stimuli (audiovisual-congruency training) or (2) immediate visual feedback on correct or incorrect localization responses (visual-feedback training), or (3) presentation of spatially incongruent auditory-target and visual stimuli presented at random positions with synchronous onset (control condition). Prior to and after training, subjects were tested in an auditory spatial attention task (15 minutes), requiring localization of a predefined spoken word out of three distractor words, which were presented with synchronous stimulus onset from different positions. Peaks of ERP components were analyzed with a specific focus on the N2, which is known to be a correlate of auditory selective spatial attention. N2 amplitudes were significantly larger after audiovisual-congruency training compared with the remaining training conditions for younger, but not older, subjects. Also, at the time of the N2, electrical imaging revealed an enhancement of electrical activity induced by audiovisual-congruency training in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 9) for the younger group. These findings suggest that cross-modal processes induced by audiovisual-congruency training under “cocktail-party” conditions at a short time scale resulted in an enhancement of correlates of auditory selective spatial attention.

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Virtual Reality Audio Game for Entertainment and Sound Localization Training

Gilberto,

Bermejo,

Tommasini

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ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.

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Within the gaming and electronics industry, there is a continuous evolution of alternative applications. Nevertheless, accessibility to video games remains a persistent hurdle for individuals with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments due to the inherent visual-oriented design of games. Audio games (AGs) are electronic games that rely primarily on auditory cues instead of visual interfaces. This study focuses on the creation of a virtual reality AG for cell phones that integrates natural head and torso movements involved in spatial hearing. Its assessment encompasses user experience, interface usability, and sound localization performance. The study engaged eighteen sighted participants in a pre-post test with a control group. The experimental group underwent 7 training sessions with the AG. Via interviews, facets of the gaming experience were explored, while horizontal plane sound source localization was also tested before and after the training. The results enabled the characterization of sensations related to the use of the game and the interaction with the interfaces. Sound localization tests demonstrated distinct enhancements in performance among trained participants, varying with assessed stimuli. These promising results show advances for future virtual AGs, presenting prospects for auditory training. These innovations hold potential for skill development, entertainment, and the integration of visually impaired individuals.

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Training with audio and video games improves audiospatial performance in a “cocktail-party” task: A controlled intervention study in young adults

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Short-Term Audiovisual Spatial Training Enhances Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Selective Spatial Attention

Short-Term Audiovisual Spatial Training Enhances Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Selective Spatial Attention

Short-term audiovisual spatial training enhances electrophysiological correlates of auditory selective spatial attention

Virtual Reality Audio Game for Entertainment and Sound Localization Training

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