To learn a new language, it is necessary for the learner to succeed in segmenting the continuous stream of sounds into significant units. Previous behavioral studies have shown that it is possible to segment a language or musical stream based only on probabilities of occurrence between adjacent syllables/tones. Here we used a sung language and tested participants' learning of both linguistic and musical structures while recording electroencephalography. Although behavioral results showed learning of the linguistic structure only, event-related potential results for both dimensions showed a negative component sensitive to the degree of familiarity of items. We discuss this component as an index of lexical search, also pointing to the greater sensitivity of the event-related potentials compared to the behavioral responses.
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Clin Neurophysiol
January 2025
Institute for Research and Development on Bioengineering and Bioinformatics (IBB), CONICET-UNER, Oro Verde, Argentina; Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Neuromuscular and Sensory Research (CIRINS), National University of Entre Ríos (UNER), Oro Verde, Argentina. Electronic address:
Objective: To describe the cortical evoked potentials in response to radiofrequency stimulation (RFEPs) in human volunteers.
Methods: Seventeen healthy volunteers participated in an experimental session in which radiofrequency (RF) and electrical (ES) stimulation were applied to the dorsum of the hands and feet. EEG was recorded to evaluate evoked responses for each stimulus modality and stimulation site.
Brain Lang
January 2025
School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871 China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health and Key Laboratory of Machine Perception (Ministry of Education), Peking University, Beijing 100871 China. Electronic address:
An ERP experiment was conducted to investigate the common and distinct neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the on-line processing of two types of politeness maxims (self-depreciation and other-elevation) and the individual differences during sentence reading. Electroencephalograms were recorded while participants read sentences containing pragmatically appropriate or inappropriate honorific or humble terms. When collapsing all participants' data, inappropriate humble and honorific terms elicited N400 and P600 effects, respectively, which could reflect semantic processing costs and rechecking processes, respectively.
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January 2025
School of Education and Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Preschool-onset major depressive disorder (PO-MDD) is an impairing pediatric mental health disorder that impacts children as young as three years old. There is limited work dedicated to uncovering neural measures of this early childhood disorder which could be leveraged to further understand both treatment responsiveness and future depression risk. Event-related potentials (ERPs) such as the P300 have been employed extensively in adult populations to examine depression-related deficits in cognitive and motivational systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Hosp Med (Lond)
January 2025
Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a prevalent chronic condition affecting approximately 12% of adults, with incidence increasing with age. While pharmacological and behavioural therapies are standard treatments, their efficacy is often limited by side effects and poor adherence. This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of precision magnetic stimulation guided by motor-evoked potential with general magnetic therapy in patients with OAB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Integr Neurosci
January 2025
Department of Psychology, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 214151 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Background: Deficits in emotion recognition have been shown to be closely related to social-cognitive functioning in schizophrenic. This study aimed to investigate the event-related potential (ERP) characteristics of social perception in schizophrenia patients and to explore the neural mechanisms underlying these abnormal cognitive processes related to social perception.
Methods: Participants included 33 schizophrenia patients and 35 healthy controls (HCs).
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