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.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The best of both worlds: phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation.
AU - Min, Byoung-Kyong
AU - Busch, Niko A
AU - Debener, Stefan
AU - Kranczioch, Cornelia
AU - Hanslmayr, Simon
AU - Engel, Andreas K
AU - Herrmann, Christoph S
PY - 2007/7/1
Y1 - 2007/7/1
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.
KW - Adult
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
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.002
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 17428561
VL - 65
SP - 58
EP - 68
JO - INT J PSYCHOPHYSIOL
JF - INT J PSYCHOPHYSIOL
SN - 0167-8760
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -