Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-criv
D. Crivelli, L. Angioletti, M. Balconi
The integration of neurosciences and sport psychology has revitalized the study of cognitive and emotional mechanisms in achieving peak athletic performance and preventing burnout. Recent advancements in applied neuroscience, including wearable body/brain-sensing devices, are of particular interest to research and professional practice in exercise and sport sciences. These technologies aid in understanding and evaluating sensorimotor and cognitive functions crucial for athletic performance. Sport neuroscience is advancing with the development of neurocognitive empowerment protocols, combining mental training, cognitive-behavioural techniques, and performance testing with neuroscientific devices. This paper introduces the theoretical background and potential of applying neuroscientific models to empowerment in exercise and sport science, presenting examples of protocols aimed at optimizing athletes’ performance. These protocols highlight a threefold focus on individual, dyadic, and collective performance.
{"title":"Neurocognitive empowerment, embodied practices, and peak performance in sports: case studies and future challenges","authors":"D. Crivelli, L. Angioletti, M. Balconi","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-criv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-criv","url":null,"abstract":"The integration of neurosciences and sport psychology has revitalized the study of cognitive and emotional mechanisms in achieving peak athletic performance and preventing burnout. Recent advancements in applied neuroscience, including wearable body/brain-sensing devices, are of particular interest to research and professional practice in exercise and sport sciences. These technologies aid in understanding and evaluating sensorimotor and cognitive functions crucial for athletic performance. Sport neuroscience is advancing with the development of neurocognitive empowerment protocols, combining mental training, cognitive-behavioural techniques, and performance testing with neuroscientific devices. This paper introduces the theoretical background and potential of applying neuroscientific models to empowerment in exercise and sport science, presenting examples of protocols aimed at optimizing athletes’ performance. These protocols highlight a threefold focus on individual, dyadic, and collective performance.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140761465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-balc
M. Balconi, L. Angioletti
This study aimed at assessing the psychophysiological correlates of managers, compared to a group of non-managers, during a creative problem-solving dynamic through the use of a psychophysiological method exploiting autonomic measures data collection. Individuals performed a realistic complex problem-solving task (RCPT), a modified version of the NASA Moon survival problem exercise, in two distinct conditions: individually or in groups of three participants. Two main patterns of findings were observed, specifically, for the managers’ group: first, electrodermal activity and cardiac variability indices increased during the group compared to individual condition; second, cardiovascular indices decreased in the above-mentioned condition. No statistically significant results were observed for the non-managers group. Results suggest that managers could be able to “feel”, even at a deeper and psycho-physiological level, which social condition (in this case, the group one) is more suitable for solving a complex problem in a creative way.
{"title":"Do managers “feel” the group? Managers’ autonomic responses during a creative task","authors":"M. Balconi, L. Angioletti","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-balc","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-balc","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at assessing the psychophysiological correlates of managers, compared to a group of non-managers, during a creative problem-solving dynamic through the use of a psychophysiological method exploiting autonomic measures data collection. Individuals performed a realistic complex problem-solving task (RCPT), a modified version of the NASA Moon survival problem exercise, in two distinct conditions: individually or in groups of three participants. Two main patterns of findings were observed, specifically, for the managers’ group: first, electrodermal activity and cardiac variability indices increased during the group compared to individual condition; second, cardiovascular indices decreased in the above-mentioned condition. No statistically significant results were observed for the non-managers group. Results suggest that managers could be able to “feel”, even at a deeper and psycho-physiological level, which social condition (in this case, the group one) is more suitable for solving a complex problem in a creative way.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140762178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-acco
Carlotta Acconito, Katia Rovelli, L. Angioletti
Covid-19 affected people’s social lives and advertising (ADV) behavior. This study used implicit (oculometric and autonomic) and explicit (self-report) measures to understand the consumer’s emotional and attentional involvement with ADV. Twenty participants watched Covid-19- related and neutral ADVs (No-Covid-19 stimuli) in two different exposure orders. Oculometric, autonomic, and self-report data were collected. Participants were randomly divided into two groups that watched Covid stimuli followed by No-Covid stimuli (Order 1) or the opposite (Order 2). Oculometric data showed a decrease in Time to First Fixation, Fixation Count, and Fixation Duration sum for the Covid compared to the No-Covid condition, suggesting the Covid stimuli were more salient. Lower cardiovascular mean values for Covid condition in Order 1 were interpreted as a parasympathetic inhibitory mechanism linked to a potential freezing effect. Self-report data confirmed eye-tracking and autonomic evidence. Given the emotional impact of Covid stimuli, using Covid-themed ADV can be a helpful marketing strategy.
{"title":"Oculometric responses to high emotional impact advertising stimuli: a comparison with autonomic and self-report measures","authors":"Carlotta Acconito, Katia Rovelli, L. Angioletti","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-acco","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-acco","url":null,"abstract":"Covid-19 affected people’s social lives and advertising (ADV) behavior. This study used implicit (oculometric and autonomic) and explicit (self-report) measures to understand the consumer’s emotional and attentional involvement with ADV. Twenty participants watched Covid-19- related and neutral ADVs (No-Covid-19 stimuli) in two different exposure orders. Oculometric, autonomic, and self-report data were collected. Participants were randomly divided into two groups that watched Covid stimuli followed by No-Covid stimuli (Order 1) or the opposite (Order 2). Oculometric data showed a decrease in Time to First Fixation, Fixation Count, and Fixation Duration sum for the Covid compared to the No-Covid condition, suggesting the Covid stimuli were more salient. Lower cardiovascular mean values for Covid condition in Order 1 were interpreted as a parasympathetic inhibitory mechanism linked to a potential freezing effect. Self-report data confirmed eye-tracking and autonomic evidence. Given the emotional impact of Covid stimuli, using Covid-themed ADV can be a helpful marketing strategy.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140783922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The present study was carried out to assess the signature neural dynamics as evinced through event-related potential (ERP) responses of the P300 waveform across different inter and intra phoneme consonant classes and to quantify the differential neural dynamical response in real-time. The ERP responses to non-sense three-syllable consonantvowel transitions CVCVCV non-words were recorded on 26 healthy individuals of either sex with an age group of 18–25 years. The first syllable of the non-sense word was always fixed, and the ERP responses of the middle syllable were recorded at the phoneme level, and the ERP responses elicited by the middle syllable were evaluated. The results of the present study documented that different consonant phoneme classes (plosives, fricatives, affricatives, liquids, and nasals) elicited differential neural dynamical responses as observed through the P300 waveform response, exhibiting a significant difference in P300 waveform amplitude across the fricatives vs. nasals experimental design.
{"title":"Comparative study of event-related potential responses within syllables of intra and inter phoneme classes","authors":"Ramesh Chand Choudhary, Bhoopendra Patel, Umesh Kumar, Minal Kachhawa, Mrinal Sharma, A. Dube","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-chou","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-chou","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was carried out to assess the signature neural dynamics as evinced through event-related potential (ERP) responses of the P300 waveform across different inter and intra phoneme consonant classes and to quantify the differential neural dynamical response in real-time. The ERP responses to non-sense three-syllable consonantvowel transitions CVCVCV non-words were recorded on 26 healthy individuals of either sex with an age group of 18–25 years. The first syllable of the non-sense word was always fixed, and the ERP responses of the middle syllable were recorded at the phoneme level, and the ERP responses elicited by the middle syllable were evaluated. The results of the present study documented that different consonant phoneme classes (plosives, fricatives, affricatives, liquids, and nasals) elicited differential neural dynamical responses as observed through the P300 waveform response, exhibiting a significant difference in P300 waveform amplitude across the fricatives vs. nasals experimental design.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140786741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We reported a case of a 62-year-old female patient affected by musical hallucinations (MHs) as a transient symptom after an ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery. CT scan showed widespread cortical and subcortical hypodensity associated with moderate hemorrhage involving the lentiform nucleus, insular cortex, and caudate nucleus. The patient had no history of psychiatric disorders, hearing defects, or epilepsy. MHs appeared one week after the stroke and spontaneously vanished 10 days after their onset. From our perspective, the early activation of MHs after unilateral brain injury, and their timing of resolution, can be explained according to the “interhemispheric imbalance theory”. According to this theory, in the minutes or weeks following the onset of a focal cerebrovascular event, a series of changes in global brain connectivity occur leading to a temporary imbalance in interhemispheric excitation.
{"title":"Transient deficit in acute stroke: a case of musical hallucinations","authors":"Vera Rota, Mattia Ferri, Elisa Zani, Veronica Paris, Alessandra Redolfi, Maurizio Falso","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-rota","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-rota","url":null,"abstract":"We reported a case of a 62-year-old female patient affected by musical hallucinations (MHs) as a transient symptom after an ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery. CT scan showed widespread cortical and subcortical hypodensity associated with moderate hemorrhage involving the lentiform nucleus, insular cortex, and caudate nucleus. The patient had no history of psychiatric disorders, hearing defects, or epilepsy. MHs appeared one week after the stroke and spontaneously vanished 10 days after their onset. From our perspective, the early activation of MHs after unilateral brain injury, and their timing of resolution, can be explained according to the “interhemispheric imbalance theory”. According to this theory, in the minutes or weeks following the onset of a focal cerebrovascular event, a series of changes in global brain connectivity occur leading to a temporary imbalance in interhemispheric excitation.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140779325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-cimi
Flavia Ciminaghi
Collaborative robots (cobots) are a recent introduction in the industrial sector and are designed to work on shared tasks with humans with the aim to provide physical and cognitive support. This has led to a growing interest in the study of factors affecting human-robot collaboration (HRC) with the idea of making cobots more responsive to the human psychophysiological state. Several studies have begun to investigate dimensions such as mental workload and stress of the individual interacting with a cobot using behavioural and neurophysiological metrics, leading to a fruitful convergence between the worlds of neuroscience and robotics. It is therefore discussed the utility of a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach in the study of HRC. Relevant physiological, neurophysiological, behavioural, and subjective measures are presented, as well as the necessity of their integration in HRC research. It is also introduced the importance of considering in HRC individual differences in terms of cognitive and emotional functioning, and factors related to individual representations and interpersonal environment.
{"title":"The contribution of neuroscience in evaluating human-robot collaboration: a multidimensional approach","authors":"Flavia Ciminaghi","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-cimi","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-cimi","url":null,"abstract":"Collaborative robots (cobots) are a recent introduction in the industrial sector and are designed to work on shared tasks with humans with the aim to provide physical and cognitive support. This has led to a growing interest in the study of factors affecting human-robot collaboration (HRC) with the idea of making cobots more responsive to the human psychophysiological state. Several studies have begun to investigate dimensions such as mental workload and stress of the individual interacting with a cobot using behavioural and neurophysiological metrics, leading to a fruitful convergence between the worlds of neuroscience and robotics. It is therefore discussed the utility of a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach in the study of HRC. Relevant physiological, neurophysiological, behavioural, and subjective measures are presented, as well as the necessity of their integration in HRC research. It is also introduced the importance of considering in HRC individual differences in terms of cognitive and emotional functioning, and factors related to individual representations and interpersonal environment.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140782175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-said
Fariza Saidin, Sudeshna Nath, Tajbina Yasin
A neuropsychological evaluation provides comprehensive insights into children’s neurocognitive function. This study assessed learning disability performance in children through neuropsychological assessment, examining cognitive profiles and emotionalbehavioural functioning. The data from 271 respondents using self-administered questionnaires, explored mindfulness-based interventions to address cognitive skills, emotional regulation, and academic performance. Employing a quantitative approach with structural equation modelling and SPSS analysis, we found a significant relationship between children’s emotional-personality behavior and learning disabilities. The regression analysis indicated a negative impact on cognitive ability and learning disability, suggesting reduced motivation to learn. This study highlights the importance of neuropsychological assessment in understanding and addressing learning disabilities in children, influencing their socialization and adjustment in educational settings. It underscores the significance of such assessments in enhancing educational outcomes for children facing learning challenges.
{"title":"Evaluation of learning disability performance in children with cognitive neuropsychological assessment study","authors":"Fariza Saidin, Sudeshna Nath, Tajbina Yasin","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-said","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-said","url":null,"abstract":"A neuropsychological evaluation provides comprehensive insights into children’s neurocognitive function. This study assessed learning disability performance in children through neuropsychological assessment, examining cognitive profiles and emotionalbehavioural functioning. The data from 271 respondents using self-administered questionnaires, explored mindfulness-based interventions to address cognitive skills, emotional regulation, and academic performance. Employing a quantitative approach with structural equation modelling and SPSS analysis, we found a significant relationship between children’s emotional-personality behavior and learning disabilities. The regression analysis indicated a negative impact on cognitive ability and learning disability, suggesting reduced motivation to learn. This study highlights the importance of neuropsychological assessment in understanding and addressing learning disabilities in children, influencing their socialization and adjustment in educational settings. It underscores the significance of such assessments in enhancing educational outcomes for children facing learning challenges.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140779096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-cruz
Meenalosini Vimal Cruz, Suhaima Jamal, Camden Wahl, Sibi Chakkaravarthy Sethuraman
Extensive evidence affirms meditation’s impact on both physical and mental well-being, consistently highlighting increased alpha power during meditation. This study investigates how mindful breathing meditation affects brain waves in young adults, using EEG data from 15 participants. Focusing on boosting alpha wave power, the study shows a significant postmeditation increase. Data was processed with Finite Impulse Filters, Independent Component Analysis, Short-term Fourier analysis, and power spectral density analysis. The results highlight substantial alpha wave changes pre- and post-meditation. Additionally, data was preprocessed for machine learning-based classifiers (Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, Decision Forest, and Naïve Bayes) to categorize brain waves into Delta, Theta, Low Alpha, High Alpha, Low Beta, and High Beta. Comparative analysis reveals the strong impact of mindful breathing meditation and binaural beats on brain wave patterns. This research enhances our understanding of meditation’s physiological effects on brain function, emphasizing its potential for improving mental well-being.
{"title":"Investigating the impact of mindful breathing meditation on brain waves: a study on young adults","authors":"Meenalosini Vimal Cruz, Suhaima Jamal, Camden Wahl, Sibi Chakkaravarthy Sethuraman","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-cruz","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-cruz","url":null,"abstract":"Extensive evidence affirms meditation’s impact on both physical and mental well-being, consistently highlighting increased alpha power during meditation. This study investigates how mindful breathing meditation affects brain waves in young adults, using EEG data from 15 participants. Focusing on boosting alpha wave power, the study shows a significant postmeditation increase. Data was processed with Finite Impulse Filters, Independent Component Analysis, Short-term Fourier analysis, and power spectral density analysis. The results highlight substantial alpha wave changes pre- and post-meditation. Additionally, data was preprocessed for machine learning-based classifiers (Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, Decision Forest, and Naïve Bayes) to categorize brain waves into Delta, Theta, Low Alpha, High Alpha, Low Beta, and High Beta. Comparative analysis reveals the strong impact of mindful breathing meditation and binaural beats on brain wave patterns. This research enhances our understanding of meditation’s physiological effects on brain function, emphasizing its potential for improving mental well-being.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140778268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.7358/neur-2024-035-alis
Siti Atiyah Ali, Nor Asyikin Fadzil, T. Begum, F. Reza, Faiz Mustafar, Humaira Nisar
Depression is a state of disturbance in emotions, behaviour, and cognition. The representations of this common mental disorder were characterised by a few types, including postpartum depression, psychotic depression, bipolar disorder in depressive episodes, major depressive disorder (MDD), and persistence depressive disorder. These multiple types of depression are significantly being studied in order to reveal their relational effects on cognitive function, especially in working memory and attention skills. This mini-review article was intended to summarise the findings on the relation of depression effects to cognitive function from a neuronal network and neuroscience perspective.
{"title":"A short review of working memory and attention in depression","authors":"Siti Atiyah Ali, Nor Asyikin Fadzil, T. Begum, F. Reza, Faiz Mustafar, Humaira Nisar","doi":"10.7358/neur-2024-035-alis","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2024-035-alis","url":null,"abstract":"Depression is a state of disturbance in emotions, behaviour, and cognition. The representations of this common mental disorder were characterised by a few types, including postpartum depression, psychotic depression, bipolar disorder in depressive episodes, major depressive disorder (MDD), and persistence depressive disorder. These multiple types of depression are significantly being studied in order to reveal their relational effects on cognitive function, especially in working memory and attention skills. This mini-review article was intended to summarise the findings on the relation of depression effects to cognitive function from a neuronal network and neuroscience perspective.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140762419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The present study was aimed to investigate the hypothesis of differential use of consonants and vowels in rule learning tasks by analysing patterned Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) in response to trisyllabic auditory non-sense word stimuli in an oddball paradigm. The study included standard stimuli of ABB rule, applicable to vowels in vowel conditions and consonants in consonant conditions, and two deviant stimulus types consisting of novel phonemes. The results showed that both phoneme and rule deviants exhibited significant changes in ERP profiling in amplitude and latency compared to standard stimuli in consonant conditions and only with rule deviant in vowel conditions. These findings suggest that vowels and consonants play a fundamental role in neurolinguistics, whereas, vowels are important for understanding the rules of language, while consonants commencing the process of lexicon access. Overall, the study provides important insights into the neural dynamics underlying the differential processing of consonants and vowels.
{"title":"The event related potential profiling of consonants and vowels across rule learning task through auditory stimuli","authors":"Minal Kachhawa, Umesh Kumar, Bhoopendra Patel, Ramesh Chand Choudhary, Dashrath Ganwani, Amitabh Dube","doi":"10.7358/neur-2023-034-kach","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7358/neur-2023-034-kach","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was aimed to investigate the hypothesis of differential use of consonants and vowels in rule learning tasks by analysing patterned Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) in response to trisyllabic auditory non-sense word stimuli in an oddball paradigm. The study included standard stimuli of ABB rule, applicable to vowels in vowel conditions and consonants in consonant conditions, and two deviant stimulus types consisting of novel phonemes. The results showed that both phoneme and rule deviants exhibited significant changes in ERP profiling in amplitude and latency compared to standard stimuli in consonant conditions and only with rule deviant in vowel conditions. These findings suggest that vowels and consonants play a fundamental role in neurolinguistics, whereas, vowels are important for understanding the rules of language, while consonants commencing the process of lexicon access. Overall, the study provides important insights into the neural dynamics underlying the differential processing of consonants and vowels.","PeriodicalId":42015,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135412151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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