The best of both worlds: phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation.

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The best of both worlds: phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation. / Min, Byoung-Kyong; Busch, Niko A; Debener, Stefan; Kranczioch, Cornelia; Hanslmayr, Simon; Engel, Andreas K; Herrmann, Christoph S.

In: INT J PSYCHOPHYSIOL, Vol. 65, No. 1, 1, 01.07.2007, p. 58-68.

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title = "The best of both worlds: phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation.",
abstract = "Some authors have proposed that event-related potentials (ERPs) are generated by a neuronal response which is additive to and independent of ongoing activity, others demonstrated that they are generated by partial phase-resetting of ongoing activity. We investigated the relationship between event-related oscillatory activity in the alpha band and prestimulus levels of ongoing alpha activity on ERPs. EEG was recorded from 23 participants performing a visual discrimination task. Individuals were assigned to one of three groups according to the amount of prestimulus total alpha activity, and distinct differences of the event-related EEG dynamics between groups were observed. While all groups exhibited an event-related increase in phase-locked (evoked) alpha activity, only individuals with sustained prestimulus alpha activity showed alpha-blocking, that is, a considerable decrease of poststimulus non-phase-locked alpha activity. In contrast, individuals without observable prestimulus total alpha activity showed a concurrent increase of phase-locked and non-phase-locked alpha activity after stimulation. Data from this group seems to be in favor of an additive event-related neuronal response without alpha-blocking. However, the dissociable EEG dynamics of total and evoked alpha activities together with a complementary simulation analysis indicated a partial event-related reorganization of ongoing brain activity. We conclude that both partial phase-resetting and partial additive power contribute dynamically to the generation of ERPs. The prestimulus brain state exerts a prominent influence on event-related brain responses.",
keywords = "Adult, Alpha Rhythm, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Discrimination (Psychology), Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Neurological, Psychomotor Performance, Visual Perception",
author = "Byoung-Kyong Min and Busch, {Niko A} and Stefan Debener and Cornelia Kranczioch and Simon Hanslmayr and Engel, {Andreas K} and Herrmann, {Christoph S}",
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AU - Busch, Niko A

AU - Debener, Stefan

AU - Kranczioch, Cornelia

AU - Hanslmayr, Simon

AU - Engel, Andreas K

AU - Herrmann, Christoph S

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N2 - Some authors have proposed that event-related potentials (ERPs) are generated by a neuronal response which is additive to and independent of ongoing activity, others demonstrated that they are generated by partial phase-resetting of ongoing activity. We investigated the relationship between event-related oscillatory activity in the alpha band and prestimulus levels of ongoing alpha activity on ERPs. EEG was recorded from 23 participants performing a visual discrimination task. Individuals were assigned to one of three groups according to the amount of prestimulus total alpha activity, and distinct differences of the event-related EEG dynamics between groups were observed. While all groups exhibited an event-related increase in phase-locked (evoked) alpha activity, only individuals with sustained prestimulus alpha activity showed alpha-blocking, that is, a considerable decrease of poststimulus non-phase-locked alpha activity. In contrast, individuals without observable prestimulus total alpha activity showed a concurrent increase of phase-locked and non-phase-locked alpha activity after stimulation. Data from this group seems to be in favor of an additive event-related neuronal response without alpha-blocking. However, the dissociable EEG dynamics of total and evoked alpha activities together with a complementary simulation analysis indicated a partial event-related reorganization of ongoing brain activity. We conclude that both partial phase-resetting and partial additive power contribute dynamically to the generation of ERPs. The prestimulus brain state exerts a prominent influence on event-related brain responses.

AB - Some authors have proposed that event-related potentials (ERPs) are generated by a neuronal response which is additive to and independent of ongoing activity, others demonstrated that they are generated by partial phase-resetting of ongoing activity. We investigated the relationship between event-related oscillatory activity in the alpha band and prestimulus levels of ongoing alpha activity on ERPs. EEG was recorded from 23 participants performing a visual discrimination task. Individuals were assigned to one of three groups according to the amount of prestimulus total alpha activity, and distinct differences of the event-related EEG dynamics between groups were observed. While all groups exhibited an event-related increase in phase-locked (evoked) alpha activity, only individuals with sustained prestimulus alpha activity showed alpha-blocking, that is, a considerable decrease of poststimulus non-phase-locked alpha activity. In contrast, individuals without observable prestimulus total alpha activity showed a concurrent increase of phase-locked and non-phase-locked alpha activity after stimulation. Data from this group seems to be in favor of an additive event-related neuronal response without alpha-blocking. However, the dissociable EEG dynamics of total and evoked alpha activities together with a complementary simulation analysis indicated a partial event-related reorganization of ongoing brain activity. We conclude that both partial phase-resetting and partial additive power contribute dynamically to the generation of ERPs. The prestimulus brain state exerts a prominent influence on event-related brain responses.

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KW - Alpha Rhythm

KW - Data Interpretation, Statistical

KW - Discrimination (Psychology)

KW - Evoked Potentials

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Models, Neurological

KW - Psychomotor Performance

KW - Visual Perception

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