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Hum Brain Mapp ; 45(8): e26747, 2024 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38825981

ABSTRACT

Electroencephalography (EEG) functional connectivity (FC) estimates are confounded by the volume conduction problem. This effect can be greatly reduced by applying FC measures insensitive to instantaneous, zero-lag dependencies (corrected measures). However, numerous studies showed that FC measures sensitive to volume conduction (uncorrected measures) exhibit higher reliability and higher subject-level identifiability. We tested how source reconstruction contributed to the reliability difference of EEG FC measures on a large (n = 201) resting-state data set testing eight FC measures (including corrected and uncorrected measures). We showed that the high reliability of uncorrected FC measures in resting state partly stems from source reconstruction: idiosyncratic noise patterns define a baseline resting-state functional network that explains a significant portion of the reliability of uncorrected FC measures. This effect remained valid for template head model-based, as well as individual head model-based source reconstruction. Based on our findings we made suggestions how to best use spatial leakage corrected and uncorrected FC measures depending on the main goals of the study.


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Connectome , Electroencephalography , Nerve Net , Humans , Electroencephalography/methods , Electroencephalography/standards , Adult , Connectome/standards , Connectome/methods , Female , Male , Reproducibility of Results , Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging , Nerve Net/physiology , Young Adult , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/standards , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Brain/physiology
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iScience ; 27(4): 109295, 2024 Apr 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38558934

ABSTRACT

The study investigates age-related decline in listening abilities, particularly in noisy environments, where the challenge lies in extracting meaningful information from variable sensory input (figure-ground segregation). The research focuses on peripheral and central factors contributing to this decline using a tone-cloud-based figure detection task. Results based on behavioral measures and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) indicate that, despite delayed perceptual processes and some deterioration in attention and executive functions with aging, the ability to detect sound sources in noise remains relatively intact. However, even mild hearing impairment significantly hampers the segregation of individual sound sources within a complex auditory scene. The severity of the hearing deficit correlates with an increased susceptibility to masking noise. The study underscores the impact of hearing impairment on auditory scene analysis and highlights the need for personalized interventions based on individual abilities.

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Sci Rep ; 13(1): 3591, 2023 03 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36869056

ABSTRACT

Synchrony has been used to describe simple beat entrainment as well as correlated mental processes between people, leading some to question whether the term conflates distinct phenomena. Here we ask whether simple synchrony (beat entrainment) predicts more complex attentional synchrony, consistent with a common mechanism. While eye-tracked, participants listened to regularly spaced tones and indicated changes in volume. Across multiple sessions, we found a reliable individual difference: some people entrained their attention more than others, as reflected in beat-matched pupil dilations that predicted performance. In a second study, eye-tracked participants completed the beat task and then listened to a storyteller, who had been previously recorded while eye-tracked. An individual's tendency to entrain to a beat predicted how strongly their pupils synchronized with those of the storyteller, a corollary of shared attention. The tendency to synchronize is a stable individual difference that predicts attentional synchrony across contexts and complexity.


Subject(s)
Auditory Perception , Mydriasis , Humans , Caffeine , Individuality , Niacinamide
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Neuron ; 103(2): 186-188, 2019 07 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31319048

ABSTRACT

As scientists, we brainstorm and develop experimental designs with our colleagues and students. Paradoxically, this teamwork has produced a field focused nearly exclusively on mapping the brain as if it evolved in isolation. Here, we discuss promises and challenges in advancing our understanding of how human minds connect during social interaction.


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Brain/physiology , Interpersonal Relations , Psychophysiology , Animals , Humans
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