Anne and I both co-chair Symposia at ESCoP 2023 in Porto. Join us or get in touch for a chat. Abstracts below. (Scroll down to see TABlab posters.)
PREFERRED RHYTHMS IN AUDITORY COGNITION
Thu 16:40-18:20
Organisers: Anne Keitel (1), Anne Kösem (2)
1-University of Dundee, 2-Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL)
Talks by: Christina Lubinus, Ayelet Landau, Benedikt Zoefel, Anne Kösem, Anne Keitel
The last two decades have seen huge progress in understanding rhythmic neural processes involved in auditory cognition, such as speech comprehension, music listening, or rhythm processing. However, most research has focussed on generic neural processes and has neglected individual variability. Recently, it has been suggested that preferred neural rhythms influence individual cognition by imposing limitations on perceptual processes, or by resulting in optimal auditory-motor regimes. It is therefore important to consider inter-individual and group variability that might lead to consistent differences in cognition. Talks in this symposium will address (1) the role of individual preferred rhythms in speech comprehension (C. Lubinus), (2) and in music tempo preferences (A. Keitel); (3) the impact of spontaneous motor rhythms on sensory processing and joint action (A. Landau); (4) the influence of temporal variability on auditory rhythm perception and associated neural tracking responses (A. Kösem), and (5) preferred rhythms for auditory perception (B. Zoefel). This symposium will bring together novel findings on the role of neural and behavioural preferred rhythms, and will extend the current generic perspective on auditory cognition.
FLICKER AND FLUTTER – RECENT ADVANCES IN STUDYING COGNITION USING FREQUENCY TAGGING
Thu 9:00 – 10:40
Organisers: Katharina Duecker1, Christian Keitel2
1University of Birmingham, 2University of Dundee
With talks by: Noor Seijdel, Norman Forschack, Omar Reuveni, Samson Chota & Katharina Duecker
Our understanding of human cognition gravely benefits from studying its neurophysiological substrates, but each neuroimaging method has its individual strengths and benefits. EEG/MEG frequency tagging stands out as it allows probing cortical processing in different sensory modalities while emulating natural environments more closely than the classic event-related design. Frequency tagging involves the periodic or quasi-periodic modulation of a stimulus feature, e.g., luminance, to elicit sustained brain responses synchronous to the stimulation rhythm. These responses serve as a fingerprint of cortical processing that can be tracked for multiple stimuli simultaneously. Frequency tagging is highly versatile: The novel Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging avoids involuntary attentional capture by visual flicker. Also, applying Frequency Tagging to two sensory modalities allows investigating multisensory integrations. Finally, Frequency Tagging may allow for causal interactions with natural rhythms of the brain that have themselves been implicated in cognitive function. Our symposium will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art frequency-tagging research and how it advances our understanding of human cognitive function.
Also check out these TABlab posters:
Sümeyye Sen Alpay: The coupling between eye activity and affective speech. (#101, Poster Session 1)
Tanja Atanasova: Hemispheric brain-rhythm asymmetries in speech-in-noise comprehension. (#78, Poster Session 2)
A/C Keitel 