EFFECTS OF TEMPORAL AND EVENT UNCERTAINTY IN DETERMINING WAVEFORMS OF AUDITORY EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL (ERP)
EFFECTS OF TEMPORAL AND EVENT UNCERTAINTY IN DETERMINING WAVEFORMS OF AUDITORY EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL (ERP)
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-8986.1976.tb00885.x
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
DONCHIN, E
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作者:
MCCARTHY, G;DONCHIN, E
In each of 2 experimental conditions, human subjects were presented a series of tones; 1 of 2 tones (1500 or 1000 Hz) were presented on each trial with a probability of .10 or .90, respectively. The subjects counted the rare (P = .10) tones; such counted rare tones were normally associated with a large .**GRAPHIC**. component. The 2 conditions differed in that in one, the tones were triggered by the subject''s button press; in the other the tones were triggered by computer. Schaefer and Marcus (1973) reported that all the components of event-related potentials (ERP) elicited by self-triggered tones were substantially smaller than those elicited by machine-triggered stimuli. The present paradigm allowed a detailed assessment of the effects of self-stimulation on specific ERP components as well as the interaction of temporal with event uncertainty. Data were analyzed using a Principal Components technique. Both temporal and event uncertainty appeared to augment a negative component of the ERP with .apprx. 140 ms. latency. Such effects were confounded by the presence of slow negative potentials preceding the button press in the self-stimulation conditions. As expected, the .**GRAPHIC**. component was largest for the ERP elicited by rare tones. Temporal uncertainty diminished the amplitude of .**GRAPHIC**. at central electrode sites. A large slow wave was present following .**GRAPHIC**. its anterior-posterior distribution was altered by mode of stimulus presentation. Temporal and event uncertainty seem to have distinct effects upon the morphology and distribution of ERP components.