右前置HD-tDCS揭示了时间感知网络在概念的时间处理中的因果关系
Karim Johari1, Fatemeh Tabari2, Rutvik H Desai3,4
1Human Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, Louisiana State University, 86 Hatcher Hall, Field House Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA. karimjohari@lsu.edu.
Scientific reports
|October 3, 2023
概括
这项研究表明,右背侧前额叶皮质 (rDLPFC) 对于理解事件的时机至关重要. 刺激这个大脑区域会影响时间感知和我们处理事件持续时间的方式.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 概念的感知和行动特征与感官运动大脑网络有关.
- 事件概念的时间特征的神经基础在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查事件概念的时间方面是否基于大脑的时间感知网络.
- 检查右背侧前额叶皮质 (rDLPFC) 在处理事件的时间特征中的因果作用.
主要方法:
- 使用高清度跨直流刺激 (HD-tDCS) 来调节rDLPFC,这是时间感知的一个关键领域.
- 在语义和时间感知任务中记录脑电图 (EEG).
- 包括事件名词持续时间判断 (EDur),对象名词大小判断 (OSize) 和事件价值判断 (EVal) 任务.
主要成果:
- 对rDLPFC的阴极刺激在纯色调持续时间任务中加快了反应,并在EEG中降低了总场功率 (GFP).
- 与OSize和EVal任务相比,阴极刺激对EDur的GFP显著降低,这表明对时间事件处理的特定影响.
- 假刺激没有产生显著的差异.
结论:
- 提供了第一个因果证据,即事件单词的时间特征在rDLPFC中神经基础.
- 表明rDLPFC是参与概念化时间的时间认知网络的关键组成部分.
- 提升了对大脑如何处理概念的时间维度的理解.
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