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Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response
Recent evidence has shown top-down modulation of the brainstem frequency following response (FFR), generally in the form of signal enhancement from concurrent stimuli or from switching between attention-demanding task stimuli. However, it is also possible that the opposite may be true – the addition...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055215 |
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author | Hairston, W. David Letowski, Tomasz R. McDowell, Kaleb |
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description | Recent evidence has shown top-down modulation of the brainstem frequency following response (FFR), generally in the form of signal enhancement from concurrent stimuli or from switching between attention-demanding task stimuli. However, it is also possible that the opposite may be true – the addition of a task, instead of a resting, passive state may suppress the FFR. Here we examined the influence of a subsequent task, and the relevance of the task modality, on signal clarity within the FFR. Participants performed visual and auditory discrimination tasks in the presence of an irrelevant background sound, as well as a baseline consisting of the same background stimuli in the absence of a task. FFR pitch strength and amplitude of the primary frequency response were assessed within non-task stimulus periods in order to examine influences due solely to general cognitive state, independent of stimulus-driven effects. Results show decreased signal clarity with the addition of a task, especially within the auditory modality. We additionally found consistent relationships between the extent of this suppressive effect and perceptual measures such as response time and proclivity towards one sensory modality. Together these results suggest that the current focus of attention can have a global, top-down effect on the quality of encoding early in the auditory pathway. |
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spelling | pubmed-35754372013-02-25 Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response Hairston, W. David Letowski, Tomasz R. McDowell, Kaleb PLoS One Research Article Recent evidence has shown top-down modulation of the brainstem frequency following response (FFR), generally in the form of signal enhancement from concurrent stimuli or from switching between attention-demanding task stimuli. However, it is also possible that the opposite may be true – the addition of a task, instead of a resting, passive state may suppress the FFR. Here we examined the influence of a subsequent task, and the relevance of the task modality, on signal clarity within the FFR. Participants performed visual and auditory discrimination tasks in the presence of an irrelevant background sound, as well as a baseline consisting of the same background stimuli in the absence of a task. FFR pitch strength and amplitude of the primary frequency response were assessed within non-task stimulus periods in order to examine influences due solely to general cognitive state, independent of stimulus-driven effects. Results show decreased signal clarity with the addition of a task, especially within the auditory modality. We additionally found consistent relationships between the extent of this suppressive effect and perceptual measures such as response time and proclivity towards one sensory modality. Together these results suggest that the current focus of attention can have a global, top-down effect on the quality of encoding early in the auditory pathway. Public Library of Science 2013-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3575437/ /pubmed/23441150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055215 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration, which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hairston, W. David Letowski, Tomasz R. McDowell, Kaleb Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title | Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title_full | Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title_fullStr | Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title_full_unstemmed | Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title_short | Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response |
title_sort | task-related suppression of the brainstem frequency following response |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055215 |
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