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Büşra Altın1, Hasan Colak1,2, Charlie Maskery3
1Department of Audiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Frontiers in Neuroscience
|February 2, 2026
Summary
Repetition positivity (RP) brain responses strengthen with stimulus repetition. This study found RP robustly follows increases in sound intensity, but not decreases, differing from frequency changes.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Auditory Perception
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Generative perception models like predictive coding explain brain's world perception.
- Repetition positivity (RP) reflects sensory memory strengthening or habituation.
- Brain responses to prediction strength and representation reinforcement are not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- Compare RP following frequency changes versus intensity changes.
- Investigate RP in response to auditory stimulus intensity variations for the first time.
Main Methods:
- Used roving sequences of pure tones with frequency or intensity changes.
- Recorded event-related potentials using EEG.
- Analyzed RP using logarithmic functions.
Main Results:
- Frequency changes elicited RP in both directions.
- Intensity increases reliably produced RP, while decreases showed a weak trend.
- RP for intensity changes was smaller in amplitude and plateaued sooner than for frequency changes.
Conclusions:
- RP is sensitive to increases but not necessarily decreases in stimulus intensity.
- Auditory intensity processing shows similarities and differences compared to other sensory attributes within predictive coding.
- Findings may aid research into clinical conditions with altered predictive mechanisms.
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