The involvement of centralized and distributed processes in sub-second time interval adaptation: an ERP investigation of apparent motion

2017-9-28
Kaya, Utku
Yildirim, Fazilet Zeynep
Kafaligonul, Hulusi
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Accumulating evidence suggests that the timing of brief stationary sounds affects visual motion perception. Recent studies have shown that auditory time interval can alter apparent motion perception not only through concurrent stimulation but also through brief adaptation. The adaptation after-effects for auditory time intervals was found to be similar to those for visual time intervals, suggesting the involvement of a central timing mechanism. To understand the nature of cortical processes underlying such after-effects, we adapted observers to different time intervals using either brief sounds or visual flashes and examined the evoked activity to the subsequently presented visual apparent motion. Both auditory and visual time interval adaptation led to significant changes in the ERPs elicited by the apparent motion. However, the changes induced by each modality were in the opposite direction. Also, they mainly occurred in different time windows and clustered over distinct scalp sites. The effects of auditory time interval adaptation were centred over parietal and parieto-central electrodes while the visual adaptation effects were mostly over occipital and parieto-occipital regions. Moreover, the changes were much more salient when sounds were used during the adaptation phase. Taken together, our findings within the context of visual motion point to auditory dominance in the temporal domain and highlight the distinct nature of the sensory processes involved in auditory and visual time interval adaptation.
Contingent negative-variatıon, Event-related potentials, Visual-cortex, Psychometric function, Rapid recalibration, Perception, Duration, Audition, Vision, Discrimination
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/52166
European Journal of Neuroscience
Graduate School of Informatics, Article

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U. Kaya, F. Z. Yildirim, and H. Kafaligonul, “The involvement of centralized and distributed processes in sub-second time interval adaptation: an ERP investigation of apparent motion,” European Journal of Neuroscience, pp. 2325–2338, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/52166.
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