Psychosocial and auditory factors that influence successful music-based auditory training in pediatric cochlear implant recipients
This article examined the experiences of star pediatric CI users, whose years of music training have yielded exceptional auditory benefits. Greater understanding of their experiences and attitudes may suggest best practices for music-based training. Research aims included: (a) characterizing the musical behaviors and perceptual learning processes of music-centric (Music-centric, for purposes of this paper, refers to CI users who engage in sustained and successful music making such as music lessons and ensembles and focused music listening over a period of years, and who derive deep satisfaction from those experiences.) ped...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 21, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Brain changes: aerobic exercise for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
DiscussionAerobic exercise is a promising intervention for adolescent and adult TBI survivors, regardless of injury severity. However, research examining the benefits of post-injury aerobic exercise for children and older adults is lacking. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 20, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Effect of intracranial electrical stimulation on dynamic functional connectivity in medically refractory epilepsy
ConclusionOur findings demonstrated that intracranial electrical stimulation significantly changed the time-varying connectivity patterns and graph indicators of the brain in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Specifically, the electrical stimulation decreased functional connectivity strength in both local-level and global-level networks. This might provide a mechanism of understanding for the distributed network effects of intracranial electrical stimulation and extend the knowledge of the pathophysiological network of medically refractory epilepsy. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 20, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Investigating functional brain connectivity patterns associated with two hypnotic states
While there’s been clinical success and growing research interest in hypnosis, neurobiological underpinnings induced by hypnosis remain unclear. In this fMRI study (which is part of a larger hypnosis project) with 50 hypnosis-experienced participants, we analyzed neural and physiological responses during two hypnosis states, comparing them to non-hypnotic control conditions and to each other. An unbiased whole-brain analysis (multi-voxel- pattern analysis, MVPA), pinpointed key neural hubs in parieto-occipital-temporal areas, cuneal/precuneal and occipital cortices, lingual gyri, and the occipital pole. Comparing directl...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 19, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Using dual-task gait to recognize Alzheimer ’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionCurrently, there is no reliable evidence suggesting that arm motion can be used to recognize AD or MCI. Gait asymmetry can serve as a potential gait marker for the auxiliary diagnosis of AD but not for MCI. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 19, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
The effects of musical feedback training on metacognition and self-directed learning
This study explores the effects of musical feedback training on these competencies.MethodsThe study involved 84 preservice teachers aged 18 to 21. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group, which received musical feedback training, or a control group.ResultsThe findings indicate that musical feedback training effectively improved metacognitive abilities. However, its impact on the readiness for self-directed learning was inconclusive. A notable difference in metacognition and self-directed learning readiness was observed between the experimental and control groups during the session, indicating a ...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 18, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Semi-automated motor hotspot search (SAMHS): a framework toward an optimised approach for motor hotspot identification
ConclusionsThe SAMHS procedure introduces an optimized motor hotspot determination system that is easy to use, and strikes a fairly good balance between accuracy and speed. This new procedure can thus be deplored by experienced as well as beginner-level TMS researchers. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 18, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Corrigendum: Revisiting the L-dopa response as a predictor of motor outcomes after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease
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Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Intonation processing of interrogative words in Mandarin: an event-related potential study
This study used a passive oddball paradigm to examine the clues of intonation information processing in automatic cognitive processing through amplitude, latency, time window, and evoked location potential mismatch negativity. The standard stimulus was the declarative intonation with a high probability of occurrence (90%), and the deviant stimulus was the interrogative intonation with a low probability of occurrence (10%). In the time window of 370–450 ms, the mismatch negativity was found at the F3, F4, C3, Cz, and C4 channels. The findings show that, in the passive oddball paradigm, lexical semantics are essential for ...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
The effect of gaze on EEG measures of multisensory integration in a cocktail party scenario
Seeing the speaker’s face greatly improves our speech comprehension in noisy environments. This is due to the brain’s ability to combine the auditory and the visual information around us, a process known as multisensory integration. Selective attention also strongly influences what we comprehend in scenarios with multiple speakers–an effect known as the cocktail-party phenomenon. However, the interaction between attention and multisensory integration is not fully understood, especially when it comes to natural, continuous speech. In a recent electroencephalography (EEG) study, we explored this issue and showed that m...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Serum neurofilament light chain levels in patients with cognitive deficits and movement disorders: comparison of cerebrospinal and serum neurofilament light chain levels with other biomarkers
ConclusionOur results suggested that NfL and tTau in CSF of patients with cognitive decline could be replaced by the less-invasive determination of S NfL using a highly sensitive ELISA method. S NfL reflected the severity of cognitive deficits assessed by mini-mental state examination (MMSE). However, S NfL is not specific to AD and does not appear to be a suitable biomarker for early diagnosis of AD. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Understanding factors that influence physical activity behavior in people with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): a mixed-methods convergent integrated systematic review
This systematic review synthesizes the literature on physical activity amongst people with DCD using the COM-B framework. The review questions were: (1) what is the Capability (C), Opportunity (O) and Motivation (M) for physical activity and (2) what does physical activity behavior (B) look like? A mixed-methods systematic review was conducted by searching eight databases (PubMed, APA PsycINFO, EMBASE, Scopus, Child Development and Adolescent Studies, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL) up to July 2023. Data were extracted, thematically analyzed, and mapped to the COM-B model. The quality of studies was assessed with...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 13, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Improving sentiment classification using a RoBERTa-based hybrid model
DiscussionIt is clear from these results that the proposed hybrid RoBERTa–(CNN+ LSTM) method is an effective model in sentiment classification. (Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 7, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Children with developmental coordination disorder have less variable motor unit firing rate characteristics across contractions compared to typically developing children
This study found few differences in average motor unit characteristics (number of motor units: TD 20.24 ± 9.73, DCD 27.32 ± 14.00; firing rate: TD 7.74 ± 2.16 p.p.s., DCD 7.86 ± 2.39 p.p.s.; inter-pulse interval: TD 199.72 ± 84.24 ms, DCD 207.12 ± 103 ms) when force steadiness was controlled for, despite the DCD group being significantly older (10.89 ± 0.78 years) than the TD group (9.44 ± 1.67 years). However, differences were found in the variability of motor unit firing statistics, with the children with DCD surprisingly showing less variability across contractions (standard deviation of coefficient of variation...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 7, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Sharp detection of oscillation packets in rich time-frequency representations of neural signals
Brain oscillations most often occur in bursts, called oscillation packets, which span a finite extent in time and frequency. Recent studies have shown that these packets portray a much more dynamic picture of synchronization and transient communication between sites than previously thought. To understand their nature and statistical properties, techniques are needed to objectively detect oscillation packets and to quantify their temporal and frequency extent, as well as their magnitude. There are various methods to detect bursts of oscillations. The simplest ones divide the signal into band limited sub-components, quantify...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - December 7, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
