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Statistical learning of multisensory regularities is enhanced in musicians: An MEG study.

TitleStatistical learning of multisensory regularities is enhanced in musicians: An MEG study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsParaskevopoulos, E., Chalas N., Kartsidis P., Wollbrink A., & Bamidis P.
JournalNeuroimage
Volume175
Pagination150-160
Date Published2018 07 15
ISSN1095-9572
KeywordsAdult, Auditory Perception, Female, Humans, Magnetoencephalography, Male, Music, Nerve Net, Neuronal Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Probability Learning, Temporal Lobe, Transfer, Psychology, Visual Perception, Young Adult
Abstract

The present study used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to identify the neural correlates of audiovisual statistical learning, while disentangling the differential contributions of uni- and multi-modal statistical mismatch responses in humans. The applied paradigm was based on a combination of a statistical learning paradigm and a multisensory oddball one, combining an audiovisual, an auditory and a visual stimulation stream, along with the corresponding deviances. Plasticity effects due to musical expertise were investigated by comparing the behavioral and MEG responses of musicians to non-musicians. The behavioral results indicated that the learning was successful for both musicians and non-musicians. The unimodal MEG responses are consistent with previous studies, revealing the contribution of Heschl's gyrus for the identification of auditory statistical mismatches and the contribution of medial temporal and visual association areas for the visual modality. The cortical network underlying audiovisual statistical learning was found to be partly common and partly distinct from the corresponding unimodal networks, comprising right temporal and left inferior frontal sources. Musicians showed enhanced activation in superior temporal and superior frontal gyrus. Connectivity and information processing flow amongst the sources comprising the cortical network of audiovisual statistical learning, as estimated by transfer entropy, was reorganized in musicians, indicating enhanced top-down processing. This neuroplastic effect showed a cross-modal stability between the auditory and audiovisual modalities.

DOI10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.04.002
Alternate JournalNeuroimage
PubMed ID29625236

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