Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Alicia Leiva, Pilar Andres, Fabrice B. R. Parmentier
Summary: Older adults exhibit greater distraction by unexpected sounds than young adults during a visual categorization task, with the effect size being about twice as large. This difference cannot be solely attributed to age-related general slowing.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Sindram Volkmer, Nicole Wetzel, Andreas Widmann, Florian Scharf
Summary: This study investigates the short-term dynamics of distraction control in children and adults and finds age differences in distraction control. The analysis of short-term dynamics provides valuable insights into the development of attention control and may explain inconsistent findings regarding attention deficit disorders in children.
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Christoph Strauch, Christophe Romein, Marnix Naber, Stefan Van der Stigchel, Antonia F. Ten Brink
Summary: Spatial attention is generally biased leftward (pseudoneglect), and this study objectively assessed lateralized attention over time by analyzing pupillary responses. The results showed that the differential background luminance of the left side compared to the right side of the visual display had a stronger influence on pupil sizes, mainly driven by visual information in the periphery. The early stage of trials showed the strongest effect, and as the trial number increased, the initial leftward bias shifted central in pupillometry-based and greyscales measures.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fabrice B. R. Parmentier, Alicia Leiva, Pilar Andres, Murray T. Maybery
Summary: It has been established that task-irrelevant auditory stimuli can disrupt continuous categorization tasks and result in slower responses. This disruption is likely due to the violation of sensory predictions. This study examined the impact of the omission of a standard sound on response times and found that different sounds and sound omissions affect performance through distinct mechanisms.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Sara Molinero, Tamara Gimenez-Fernandez, Francisco J. Lopez, Luis Carretie, David Luque
Summary: Reward influences attention to stimuli, prioritizing those associated with high-value outcomes. Learning new stimulus-response associations and reward-related cognitive prioritization are suggested to be interconnected. Strong S-R learning is not necessary for the development of reward-related modulations of ERP activity.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fabrice B. R. Parmentier, Laura Gallego, Antonia Micucci, Alicia Leiva, Pilar Andres, Murray T. Maybery
Summary: Two experiments showed that environmental context, even in the form of task-irrelevant background pictures, can affect task performance in visual categorization tasks, indicating that sensory predictions are context-dependent.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Margaret M. M. Swerdloff, Levi J. J. Hargrove
Summary: This study used a commercial dry-EEG headset to quantitatively assess cognitive load during sitting, standing, and walking. The findings showed that the P3 event-related potential was significantly lower during walking compared to sitting and standing, indicating a higher cognitive load during walking.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andre Mattes, Elisa Porth, Eva Niessen, Kilian Kummer, Markus Mueck, Jutta Stahl
Summary: Understanding human error processing is a relevant interdisciplinary goal. The error negativity (Ne) has been established as a fundamental electrophysiological marker of various types of erroneous decisions. It has been commonly interpreted that Ne differences reflect more intense error processing under accuracy instructions, but our study challenges this interpretation by demonstrating that the significant speed-accuracy difference in the participant-average waveform is mostly attributable to the alignment of neuro-cognitive processes.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Jana Tegelbeckers, Andre Brechmann, Carolin Breitling-Ziegler, Bjoern Bonath, Hans-Henning Flechtner, Kerstin Krauel
Summary: The presentation of novel sounds can improve attentional performance in patients with ADHD, while familiar sounds can lead to similar improvements but with increased activity in a specific brain region in these patients. The activation of the fronto-temporoparietal ventral attention network following novel sounds is related to improved response speed, suggesting a mechanism by which short distractions can enhance attentional performance.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrea Apicella, Pasquale Arpaia, Mirco Frosolone, Nicola Moccaldi
Summary: A method for EEG-based distraction detection during motor-rehabilitation tasks is proposed, achieving high accuracy with a wireless cap and specific algorithms. The study shows effective discrimination between pure movement and attention with distractors, with over 91.2% accuracy achieved through supervised classifiers.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Varun D. C. Arrazola
Summary: Songs and poems from different traditions exhibit a formal similarity where lines start flexible and become more regular towards the end, indicating a cognitive bias shared among humans. This bias may stem from an increased sensitivity to deviations later in the line, caused by disrupted prediction-driven attention due to line breaks. The study demonstrates this phenomenon using an auditory oddball task, showing that deviations occurring later in the line are detected faster, aligning with the lower occurrence of deviations towards the end of verse lines.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Yanliang Sun, Lixue Wang, Nana Sun, Shouxin Li
Summary: Controversy exists regarding the distraction resistance of priority items in visual working memory (VWM). This study proposes the available resource threshold account which suggests that distraction will not impair items if available resources exceed their threshold needed for sufficient processing. The results support the available resource threshold account and reveal the impact of similarity on memory and attention resource allocation.
Article
Business
Ruijuan Wu, Yan Li, Yixiao Hu
Summary: This study utilizes eye-tracking and laboratory experiments to investigate the impact of the primary navigation (novel versus ordinary) in apparel e-retailers on consumers' attention, novelty perception, arousal, and approach behavior. The findings reveal that novel primary navigation increases attention, novelty perception, arousal, and willingness to approach the online store. Novelty perception and arousal mediate the relationship between primary navigation and approach behavior, while atmospheric responsiveness moderates this relationship.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yunsong Li, Meili Luo, Xilin Zhang, Suiping Wang
Summary: Deaf adults have better visual attentional orienting, especially when the target is located in the periphery. Both exogenous and endogenous cues can facilitate visual attentional orienting in deaf individuals, with exogenous cues having a stronger effect.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicole Wetzel, Dunja Kunke, Andreas Widmann
Summary: The study found that children show increased early processing of task-irrelevant information and higher attention to sounds when interacting with a tablet PC compared to a human partner. This indicates potential direct effects of digital media on children's perception and attention. Further research is needed to develop specific recommendations for digital interactive learning programs based on these findings.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Hannah J. Jones, Gemma Hammerton, Tayla McCloud, Lindsey A. Hines, Caroline Wright, Suzanne H. Gage, Peter Holmans, Peter B. Jones, George Davey Smith, David E. J. Linden, Michael C. O'Donovan, Michael J. Owen, James T. Walters, Marcus R. Munafo, Jon Heron, Stanley Zammit
Summary: This study found that genetic risk for schizophrenia is associated with patterns of cannabis use during adolescence, but not mediated through cognitive, emotional, and behavioral phenotypes during childhood. Further investigation of pathways other than those examined in this study is needed to identify modifiable targets for reducing the public health burden of cannabis use.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Rachael L. Adams, Alister Baird, Jacqueline Smith, Nigel Williams, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, David E. J. Linden, Michael J. Owen, Jeremy Hall, Stefanie C. Linden
Summary: Adult CNV carriers have a significantly increased rate of anxiety and personality disorders. In addition, they have a high rate of psychiatric multimorbidity. These findings support comprehensive psychiatric and medical assessments for CNV carriers and the establishment of multidisciplinary clinical services.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Nadia Paraskevoudi, Iria SanMiguel
Summary: Actions modulate sensory processing by attenuating responses to self-generated inputs, leading to poorer memory for concurrently occurring but unpredictable sounds. Sensory attenuation and neuromodulatory processes coexist during actions.
Article
Neurosciences
Clara A. Moreau, Annabelle Harvey, Kuldeep Kumar, Guillaume Huguet, Sebastian G. W. Urchs, Elise A. Douard, Laura M. Schultz, Hanad Sharmarke, Khadije Jizi, Charles-Olivier Martin, Nadine Younis, Petra Tamer, Thomas Rolland, Jean-Louis Martineau, Pierre Orban, Ana Isabel Silva, Jeremy Hall, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Michael J. Owen, David E. J. Linden, Aurelie Labbe, Sarah Lippe, Carrie E. Bearden, Laura Almasy, David C. Glahn, Paul M. Thompson, Thomas Bourgeron, Pierre Bellec, Sebastien Jacquemont
Summary: Polygenicity and genetic heterogeneity pose challenges in studying psychiatric disorders. This study estimated and compared the effect sizes on brain connectivity of different genetic risk factors and found that psychiatric CNVs had the largest effect sizes, followed by psychiatric conditions, neuroticism and fluid intelligence, and PRSs. The effect sizes of CNVs on connectivity were correlated with their effects on cognition and disease risk.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Clara A. Moreau, Kuldeep Kumar, Annabelle Harvey, Guillaume Huguet, Sebastian G. W. Urchs, Laura M. Schultz, Hanad Sharmarke, Khadije Jizi, Charles-Olivier Martin, Nadine Younis, Petra Tamer, Jean-Louis Martineau, Pierre Orban, Ana Isabel Silva, Jeremy Hall, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Michael J. Owen, David E. J. Linden, Sarah Lippe, Carrie E. Bearden, Laura Almasy, David C. Glahn, Paul M. Thompson, Thomas Bourgeron, Pierre Bellec, Sebastien Jacquemont
Summary: This study uses large-scale resting-state functional MRI data to investigate the influence of genetic variants on large-scale brain networks and their correlations with psychiatric disorders and cognitive traits. The findings suggest a substantial genetic component for shared connectivity profiles across conditions and traits, providing new avenues for understanding and treating psychiatric disorders.
Article
Neurosciences
Chaira Serrarens, Sriranga Kashyap, Laura Riveiro-Lago, Maarten Otter, Bea C. M. Campforts, Constance T. R. M. Stumpel, Henk Jansma, David E. J. Linden, Therese A. M. J. van Amelsvoort, Claudia Vingerhoets
Summary: This study investigated the effects of triple X syndrome (47,XXX) on functional connectivity in the brain. The results showed abnormal increase in resting-state functional connectivity in patients. However, these changes were not associated with intelligence quotient (IQ) or social cognition function.
Article
Psychiatry
Mouhamed Alsaqati, Brittany A. Davis, Jamie Wood, Megan M. Jones, Lora Jones, Aishah Westwood, Olena Petter, Anthony R. Isles, David Linden, Marianne Van den Bree, Michael Owen, Jeremy Hall, Adrian J. Harwood
Summary: Genetic evidence suggests that disrupted epigenetic regulation is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders. This study reveals that EHMT1, an epigenetic repressor, indirectly regulates NRSF/REST through repression of miRNA, leading to abnormal neuronal gene expression and neurodevelopment timing. The findings highlight the broad molecular interaction between H3K9 demethylation, NSRF/REST regulation, and the risk for intellectual disability and schizophrenia.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Yelyzaveta Snihirova, David E. J. Linden, Therese van Amelsvoort, Dennis van der Meer
Summary: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms, and the clinical presentation is likely influenced by environmental factors. This review explores the role of the environment in 22q11DS and finds that parental factors, stress, and substance use have significant effects on the clinical profile. However, case-control studies have not found significant moderating effects of the environment. The study suggests specific environmental measures that may interact with the 22q11 deletion based on genes and molecular pathways.
Article
Neurosciences
Xi Yang, Xinqi Zhou, Fei Xin, Benjamin Becker, David Linden, Dennis Hernaus
Summary: Age-related changes in brain function have an important role in neurodegenerative diseases. Previous studies have mainly focused on static functional connectivity, but emerging evidence suggests that aging is associated with dynamic changes in brain interactions and transitions. This study replicates the finding of age-associated changes in dynamic functional connectivity using fMRI data from two cultures (Western European and Chinese). Older participants consistently exhibit a lower occurrence and duration of a specific connectivity state (state I) compared to younger participants, as well as more transitions between networks and greater variance in global efficiency.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ruben L. Andriessen, Mayke Oosterloo, Angelique Hollands, David E. J. Linden, Bianca T. A. de Greef, Albert F. G. Leentjens
Summary: The study found that psychotropic medication is widely prescribed in HD patients, with antidepressant use decreasing proportionally and antipsychotic use increasing with advancing disease stages. This suggests a relative decrease in prevalence of anxiety and depression, and a relative increase in irritability and delusions over disease stages.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Stefanie Sturm, Jordi Costa-Faidella, Iria SanMiguel
Summary: Active engagement improves learning and memory, and self-generated stimuli are processed differently from externally generated stimuli. This study investigates the effects of active control over auditory stimuli on associative learning and the underlying neural mechanisms. The results show that active learning leads to faster progress and attenuated P3a component in ERP responses. Individual differences in sensory processing predict the strength of memory benefits.
Article
Neurosciences
Joanne L. Doherty, Adam C. Cunningham, Samuel J. R. A. Chawner, Hayley M. Moss, Diana C. Dima, David E. J. Linden, Michael J. Owen, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Krish D. Singh
Summary: The study utilized magnetoencephalography to investigate the electrophysiological markers of brain activity in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The findings revealed alterations in local and global network function, which may contribute to the increased vulnerability to neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in this population.
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Hanna Ringer, Sarah Alica Roesch, Urte Roeber, Julia Deller, Carles Escera, Sabine Grimm
Summary: Research shows that people have stronger physiological and neural responses to aversive sounds compared to neutral sounds. However, it is still unclear whether habituation to repeated aversive stimuli occurs to the same extent as to neutral stimuli. This study measured brain responses to aversive and neutral sounds and found that aversive sounds elicited larger mismatch negativity (MMN) responses, indicating rapid and ongoing emotional evaluation. Surprisingly, no habituation was observed for aversive or neutral sounds. The amplification of MMN for aversive sounds was mainly linked to their perceived arousal, especially when they occurred unexpectedly.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Carles Escera
Summary: The prevalent view in cognitive neuroscience regarding auditory cognition focuses on the role of the auditory cortex, neglecting the complex functional architecture of the subcortical auditory pathway. However, evidence suggests that key anatomical structures in the subcortical auditory hierarchy play major roles in statistical learning, predictive processing, and language acquisition. Future studies should emphasize the precise interplay between cortical and subcortical structures in supporting auditory cognition.
CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanq Xiao, Tijs Louwies, Kristen Smith-Edwards, Arthur Beyder, David Linden, Gianrico Farrugia, Purna Kashyap
Review
Psychology, Biological
Robert W. Levenson
Summary: This article describes the development of paradigms for studying dyadic interaction in the laboratory, methods, and analytics for dealing with dyadic data. It provides research findings from the author and others, with a particular focus on dyadic measures of linkage or synchrony in physiology, expressive behavior, and subjective affective experience.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Thomas M. Olino, Matthew Mattoni
Summary: This study examined brain function in offspring of mothers with and without depression using monetary and social reward tasks. The results showed no significant differences in task activation and functional connectivity between the two groups. The study discussed the possibility of developmental timing in finding differences.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2024)
