Effects of white noise on word recall performance and brain activity in healthy adolescents with normal and low auditory working memory

Othman, Elza Azri; Yusoff, Ahmad Nazlim; Mohamad, Mazlyfarina; Manan, Hanani Abdul; Hamid, Aini Ismafairus Abd; Giampietro, Vincent

doi:10.1007/s00221-020-05765-3

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“…Certain types of noise can have a calming effect on humans. Othman et al (2020) exemplified that WN can lead to an improvement in auditory working memory. This was associated with significantly increased activity in the auditory system, cingulate, and frontal brain, among others.…”

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Acoustic Stimuli Can Improve and Impair Somatosensory Perception

Nuernberger

Schaller²,

Klingner³

et al. 2022

Front. Neurosci.

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The integration of stimuli from different sensory modalities forms the basis for human perception. While the relevant impact of visual stimuli on the perception of other sensory modalities is recognized, much less is known about the impact of auditory stimuli on general sensory processing. This study aims to investigate the effect of acoustic stimuli on the processing of somatosensory stimuli using real noise (i.e., unpleasant everyday noise, RN) and neutral white noise (WN). To this purpose, we studied 20 healthy human subjects between 20 and 29 years of age (mean: 24, SD: ±1.9 years sex ratio 1:1). Somatosensory perception was evaluated using mechanical detection threshold (MDT) of the skin on the back of the dominant hand. To investigate the underlying mechanisms in the brain, fMRI was performed while applying acoustic stimulation (RN and WN) and tactile stimulation of the dominant hand. Here we show that acoustic stimulation with noise alters the perception of touch on the skin. We found that the effect of RN and WN differed. RN leads to an improved tactile perception, whereas WN impaired tactile perception. These changes go along with significant differences in brain activity and connectivity. WN is associated with a significant increase in brain activity in multiple brain areas such as the auditory and somatosensory cortex, parietal association cortex, and the thalamus compared to RN. With tactile stimulation of the skin, the flow of information in these brain areas is altered. While with RN the information flow from the thalamus to the somatosensory cortex is prominent, the network activity pattern changes under WN revealing an increase in interaction between multiple networks. Unpleasant noise inhibits the multisensory integration and enables a more efficient unimodal perception in the somatosensory system, improving perception. Whether this is to be interpreted as a temporary increase in phasic alertness or by a stronger filter function of the thalamus with a preference for unimodal stimuli is still open for debate.

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confidence: 99%

Acoustic Stimuli Can Improve and Impair Somatosensory Perception

Nuernberger

Schaller²,

Klingner³

et al. 2022

Front. Neurosci.

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“…소음이 청 각적 정보처리 및 말지각에 부정적인 영향을 미치지만 높은 청 각적 작업기억을 가진 집단일수록 '칵테일 파티 효과(cocktail party effect)'를 일으켜 소음 환경에서 더 나은 작업기억력 의 결과를 나타낸다는 연구들도 있다 (Angwin et al, 2017;Baijot et al, 2016;Fu & Galvin, 2007;Manan et al, 2012;Pickens et al, 2019;Söderlund & Jobs, 2016;Söderlund et al, 2010). Othman et al(2020) (Windsor & Kohnert, 2004). 작업기억의 차이 는 언어의 이해와 언어발달, 학습, 사고, 등의 과제 수행과 관련 이 있고 언어발달 개인차를 설명해 주는 요인으로 볼 수 있으며 (Kim et al, 2004), 단순언어장애 아동의 낮은 작업기억이 어 휘, 문장 이해, 복잡한 구문의 산출과 같은 언어발달을 저해한 다는 연구들을 뒷받침하고 있다 (Adams & Gathercole, 1995;Cho et al, 2012;Cho, 2015;Just & Carpenter, 1992).…”

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Auditory Working Memory According to Listening Environment of Typically Developing Children and Specific Language Impaired Children Aged 4 to 5

Lee,

Kim

2023

Audiol Speech Res

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Purpose: This study aimed to confirm the characteristics of auditory working memory in typically developing children and children with specific language impairment, considering to the listening environment. We also examined differences in the sub-domains of the auditory working memory task, including digit span, competing language processing tasks, blank filling in continuous words, and a single processing load condition task. Methods: The study included a total of 40 children: 20 children with specific language impaired and 20 typically developing children aged 4 to 5 years old living in Busan and Gyeongnam. To examine potential differences in auditory working memory based on listening environments and groups, the auditory working memory task was conducted in both noisy and quiet environments. Results: Children with specific language impairment showed statistically significantly lower auditory working memory than typically developing children, regardless of the presence of noise. In addition, typically developing children performed better noisy environments compared to quiet ones, whereas children with specific language impairment did not show differences in performance depending on the listening environment. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that effective language intervention for children with specific language impairment can be provided if auditory working memory is checked and systematically provided for each sub-domain of auditory working memory. For typically developing children, studying in a noisy environment may improve academic ability and attention.

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“…9 This method is possible as healthy individuals have distinct neuronal activity patterns that reflect their behavioral characteristics. 10 Thus, one's behavior may be predicted based on the displayed neuronal activity patterns. In the present work, the authors in particular attempted to distinguish between binge and non-binge drinkers using fMRI data collected while participants engaged in cognitive tasks and at rest.…”

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“…In this issue of JMRI , Li et al further examined the method to classify binge from non‐binge drinkers in young adults by applying deep learning methods to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data obtained from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) 9 . This method is possible as healthy individuals have distinct neuronal activity patterns that reflect their behavioral characteristics 10 . Thus, one's behavior may be predicted based on the displayed neuronal activity patterns.…”

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Othman

2022

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Effects of white noise on word recall performance and brain activity in healthy adolescents with normal and low auditory working memory

Cited by 4 publications

References 54 publications

Acoustic Stimuli Can Improve and Impair Somatosensory Perception

Acoustic Stimuli Can Improve and Impair Somatosensory Perception

Auditory Working Memory According to Listening Environment of Typically Developing Children and Specific Language Impaired Children Aged 4 to 5

Editorial for “Cognitive Challenges Are Better in Distinguishing Binge From Nonbinge Drinkers: An Exploratory Deep‐Learning Study of fMRI Data of Multiple Behavioral Tasks and Resting State”

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