Title |
Theta Oscillations Related to Orientation Recognition in Unattended Condition: A vMMN Study
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Published in |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, September 2017
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DOI | 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00166 |
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Authors |
Tianyi Yan, Yuan Feng, Tiantian Liu, Luyao Wang, Nan Mu, Xiaonan Dong, Zichuan Liu, Tianran Qin, Xiaoying Tang, Lun Zhao |
Abstract |
Orientation is one of the important elements of objects that can influence visual processing. In this study, we examined whether changes in orientation could be detected automatically under unattended condition. Visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) was used to analyze this processing. In addition, we investigated the underlying neural oscillatory activity. Non-phase-locked spectral power was used to explore the specific frequency related to unexpected changes in orientation. The experiment consisted of standard (0° arrows) and deviant (90°/270° arrows) stimuli. Compared with standard stimuli, deviant stimuli elicited a larger N170 component (negative wave approximately 170 ms after the stimuli started) and a smaller P2 component (positive wave approximately 200 ms after the stimuli started). Furthermore, vMMN was obtained by subtracting the event-related potential (ERP) waveforms in response to standard stimuli from those elicited in response to deviant stimuli. According to the time-frequency analysis, deviant stimuli elicited enhanced band power compared with standard stimuli in the delta and theta bands. Compared with previous studies, we concluded that theta activity plays an important role in the generation of the vMMN induced by changes in orientation. |
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