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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Auditory Perception

Background:

  • Electrophysiological correlates of consciousness, such as auditory awareness negativity (AAN) and late positivity (LP), are thought to be similar across sensory modalities.
  • A recent signal-detection perspective proposed that these correlates might be confounded by task performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether a signal-detection approach can correct for performance confounds in auditory awareness correlates.
  • To determine if AAN and LP are indeed confounded by performance in auditory tasks.

Main Methods:

  • An auditory discrimination and detection task was administered to 28 participants.
  • A signal-detection approach was applied to correct for response bias and performance.
  • Electrophysiological data, including AAN and LP, were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • A significant proportion of subjects were excluded due to response bias distorting the signal-detection correction.
  • For the remaining subjects, the correction method increased measurement noise.
  • The signal-detection approach was found to be theoretically problematic, potentially isolating post-perceptual processes.

Conclusions:

  • The signal-detection approach is not suitable for correcting performance confounds in auditory awareness correlates.
  • AAN and LP are not confounded by performance and remain valid electrophysiological correlates of auditory awareness.
  • Contrastive analysis effectively identifies AAN and LP as markers of auditory awareness.