EEG gamma-band activity in rapid serial visual presentation |
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Authors: | Cornelia Kranczioch Stefan Debener Christoph S. Herrmann Andreas K. Engel |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Neurophysiologie und Pathophysiologie, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany;(2) Institut für Psychologie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany;(3) Present address: Kleinwachau, Sächsisches Epilepsiezentrum Radeberg, 01454 Radeberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Evidence is available that oscillatory activity in the gamma frequency range (>30 Hz) might be related to the attentional selection of target items. Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) paradigms are instrumental in addressing cognitive functions such as visual attention, and they are increasingly combined with the measurement of electrical brain activity. In the present study, gamma-band responses for target and standard stimuli were investigated in an RSVP oddball paradigm. In a first study, stimuli were presented at a frequency of 10 Hz, the stimulus sequence consisted of rare colored letters (targets) and frequent black letters (standards). In addition, stimulus size was varied across experimental blocks. Significant target modulations were observed for the P3 ERP and induced (i.e., not phase-locked) gamma-band responses. Besides this late activation, no further gamma-band responses were observed. A second study aimed at replicating these findings by employing a reduced stimulus presentation rate of 7.1 Hz. Again, besides the P3 ERP a late increase in induced gamma-band activity was observed. However, as compared to Study 1, this induced response was less pronounced. The induced gamma-band response observed in the present studies might reflect utilization of information derived from previous processing steps for behavioral performance or memory storage as suggested in the ‘match-and-utilization-model’ of gamma activity. |
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Keywords: | Evoked gamma-band activity Induced gamma-band activity RSVP EEG ERP Match-and-utilization-model |
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