Open AccessGender Effects On Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation Levels During Auditory Oddball Task In Children
Author(s) -
Miray Altınkaynak,
Ayşegül Güven,
Nazan Dolu,
Meltem İzzetoğlu,
Ferhat Pektaş,
Sevgi Özmen,
Esra Demirci
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
akıllı sistemler ve uygulamaları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-6893
DOI - 10.54856/jiswa.201805049
Subject(s) - prefrontal cortex , blood oxygenation , oddball paradigm , audiology , psychology , oxygenation , auditory cortex , stimulus (psychology) , cognition , functional near infrared spectroscopy , brain activity and meditation , self reference effect , neuroscience , consumer neuroscience , medicine , electroencephalography , functional magnetic resonance imaging , cognitive psychology , event related potential , anesthesia
In this study, our aim was to investigate gender effects on prefrontal cortex oxygenation. Auditory oddball paradigm used as cognitive task. Prefrontal cortex oxygenation is assessed by monitoring changes in blood oxygenation using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The fNIRS were recorded during the 'oddball' paradigm in which two stimuli (target and standard) were presented in random order. Subjects were asked to press a button in response to the target stimulus. 12 male healthy children and 9 female healthy children were included the study. As a result; it is observed that the males exhibited higher prefrontal activation during auditory oddball task than females. This results suggest that gender had an effect on prefrontal cortex oxygenation therefore gender matching is important for studies of brain function using fNIRS.