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Effects of prior stimulus and prior perception on neural correlates of auditory stream segregation
Author(s) -
Snyder Joel S.,
Holder W. Trent,
Weintraub David M.,
Carter Olivia L.,
Alain Claude
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00870.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , perception , event related potential , audiology , neural correlates of consciousness , n100 , auditory perception , electroencephalography , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , cognition , medicine
We examined whether effects of prior experience are mediated by distinct brain processes from those processing current stimulus features. We recorded event‐related potentials (ERPs) during an auditory stream segregation task that presented an adaptation sequence with a small, intermediate, or large frequency separation between low and high tones (Δ f ), followed by a test sequence with intermediate Δ f . Perception of two streams during the test was facilitated by small prior Δ f and by prior perception of two streams and was accompanied by more positive ERPs. The scalp topography of these perception‐related changes in ERPs was different from that observed for ERP modulations due to increasing the current Δ f . These results reveal complex interactions between stimulus‐driven activity and temporal‐context‐based processes and suggest a complex set of brain areas involved in modulating perception based on current and previous experience.