Frontal theta/beta-ratio (TBR) as potential biomarker for attentional control during reading in healthy females

Swart, Elise K.; Nielen, Thijs M. J.; Shaul, Shelley; Jong, Maria T. Sikkema‐de

doi:10.24193/cbb.2020.24.11

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“…The present study takes a multimethod approach to measure attentional control during reading by measuring attentional control on both a biophysiological level and behavioural level. Recent research has shown that EEG data, specifically frontal TBR might provide a biophysiological marker of attentional control during reading (Swart et al, 2020). In line with previous research on the relation between attentional control, fluctuations in attentional control, and (fluctuations in) frontal TBR in other cognitive tasks (e.g., van Son et al, 2019), the study of Swart et al (2020) showed that both the average frontal TBR and fluctuations in frontal TBR are related to attentional control and fluctuations in attentional control.…”

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“…Recent research has shown that EEG data, specifically frontal TBR might provide a biophysiological marker of attentional control during reading (Swart et al, 2020). In line with previous research on the relation between attentional control, fluctuations in attentional control, and (fluctuations in) frontal TBR in other cognitive tasks (e.g., van Son et al, 2019), the study of Swart et al (2020) showed that both the average frontal TBR and fluctuations in frontal TBR are related to attentional control and fluctuations in attentional control. We take a similar multi-method approach to gain a thorough understanding of the effect of increased DA on reading comprehension, in the present study we investigate comprehension on both text-level and word-level.…”

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“…Attentional control during reading was measured using the average frontal theta/beta-ratio (TBR) during reading and the SD in frontal TBR among the text pages (see Swart et al, 2020) and by a retrospective self-report that was administered directly after reading. Frontal TBR was extracted from the EEG-recording during reading.…”

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“…Frontal TBR during reading was calculated for each text page, based on the average power density of three frontal electrodes (F3, Fz, and F4, represented by electrode numbers 24, 11, and 124 respectively; Putman et al, 2014;Swart et al, 2020). Because of non-normality, power density values within each frequency band were log-normalized before calculating the ratios.…”

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“…These two abilities regulate the contents of working memory during reading, thereby facilitating the understanding of a text. In line herewith, in the present study we use attentional control measures that mainly focus on or are related to these two core concepts of attentional control during reading: (1) self-reporting moments of distracting thoughts, also referred to as mind wandering, and (2) frontal theta/beta ratio (TBR) during reading, a measure that has been related to self-reports about focusing and shifting attention (see e.g., Putman et al, 2014;Swart et al, 2020;van Son et al, 2019).…”

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The effects of increased dopamine-levels on attentional control during reading and reading comprehension

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The aim of the present study was to gain insight into the neurobiological processes, particularly the dopaminergic processes, underlying attentional control during reading and reading comprehension. In order to test the effects of increased levels of dopamine (DA) in the brain, female university students (N = 80), half of them being carriers of the DRD4-7R allele and half of them not, participated in a double-blind placebo-controlled within-subjects experiment in which they were orally administered levodopa or a placebo before reading a text. After reading the text, participants reported on their attentional control during reading and completed comprehension questions. Pharmacologically increasing DA levels in the brain negatively influenced reading comprehension. This effect was moderate (ηp2 = .13). No interaction effects of condition and DRD4 genotype were found, for either attentional control or reading comprehension. Exploratory analyses showed that increased DA levels in the brain positively influenced fluctuations in attentional control, but only in a group of slow readers. No effects of increased DA were found for the two other attentional control measures used in the present study and no effects of increased DA on attentional control were found for fast readers. Results are discussed from the perspective of the inverted U-shape theory and the possible dopamine-related mechanisms.

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Tacit coordination games are games where players are trying to select the same solution without any communication between them. Various theories have attempted to predict behavior in tacit coordination games. Until now, research combining tacit coordination games with electrophysiological measures was mainly based on spectral analysis. In contrast, EEG coherence enables the examination of functional and morphological connections between brain regions. Hence, we aimed to differentiate between different cognitive conditions using coherence patterns. Specifically, we have designed a method that predicts the class label of coherence graph patterns extracted out of multi-channel EEG epochs taken from three conditions: a no-task condition and two cognitive tasks, picking and coordination. The classification process was based on a coherence graph extracted out of the EEG record. To assign each graph into its appropriate label, we have constructed a hierarchical classifier. First, we have distinguished between the resting-state condition and the other two cognitive tasks by using a bag of node degrees. Next, to distinguish between the two cognitive tasks, we have implemented an anonymous random walk. Our classification model achieved a total accuracy value of 96.55%.

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Frontal theta/beta-ratio (TBR) as potential biomarker for attentional control during reading in healthy females

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Electrophysiological markers of mind wandering: A systematic review

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