The Extent of Processing of Near-Hearing Threshold Stimuli during Natural Sleep
Author(s) -
Kenneth B. Campbell,
Alexandra Muller-Gass
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1248
Subject(s) - audiology , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , event related potential , sleep (system call) , electroencephalography , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , medicine , computer science , operating system
Event-related potential (ERPs) provide an exquisite means to monitor the extent of processing of external stimulus input during sleep. The processing of relatively high intensity stimuli has been well documented. Sleep normally occurs in much less noisy environments. The present study therefore employed ERPs to examine the extent of processing of very low intensity (near-hearing threshold) stimuli.
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