The neural activity of auditory conscious perception

Although recent work has made headway in understanding the neural temporospatial dynamics of conscious perception, much of that work has focused on visual paradigms. To determine whether there are shared mechanisms for perceptual consciousness across sensory modalities, here we test within the audit...

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Main Authors: Kate L. Christison-Lagay, Aya Khalaf, Noah C. Freedman, Christopher Micek, Sharif I. Kronemer, Mariana M. Gusso, Lauren Kim, Sarit Forman, Julia Ding, Mark Aksen, Ahmad Abdel-Aty, Hunki Kwon, Noah Markowitz, Erin Yeagle, Elizabeth Espinal, Jose Herrero, Stephan Bickel, James Young, Ashesh Mehta, Kun Wu, Jason Gerrard, Eyiyemisi Damisah, Dennis Spencer, Hal Blumenfeld
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author Kate L. Christison-Lagay
Aya Khalaf
Noah C. Freedman
Christopher Micek
Sharif I. Kronemer
Mariana M. Gusso
Lauren Kim
Sarit Forman
Julia Ding
Mark Aksen
Ahmad Abdel-Aty
Hunki Kwon
Noah Markowitz
Erin Yeagle
Elizabeth Espinal
Jose Herrero
Stephan Bickel
James Young
Ashesh Mehta
Kun Wu
Jason Gerrard
Eyiyemisi Damisah
Dennis Spencer
Hal Blumenfeld
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Aya Khalaf
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Christopher Micek
Sharif I. Kronemer
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Lauren Kim
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Julia Ding
Mark Aksen
Ahmad Abdel-Aty
Hunki Kwon
Noah Markowitz
Erin Yeagle
Elizabeth Espinal
Jose Herrero
Stephan Bickel
James Young
Ashesh Mehta
Kun Wu
Jason Gerrard
Eyiyemisi Damisah
Dennis Spencer
Hal Blumenfeld
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description Although recent work has made headway in understanding the neural temporospatial dynamics of conscious perception, much of that work has focused on visual paradigms. To determine whether there are shared mechanisms for perceptual consciousness across sensory modalities, here we test within the auditory domain. Participants completed an auditory threshold task while undergoing intracranial electroencephalography. Recordings from >2,800 grey matter electrodes were analyzed for broadband gamma power (a range which reflects local neural activity). For perceived trials, we find nearly simultaneous activity in early auditory regions, the right caudal middle frontal gyrus, and the non-auditory thalamus; followed by a wave of activity that sweeps through auditory association regions into parietal and frontal cortices. For not perceived trials, significant activity is restricted to early auditory regions. These findings show the cortical and subcortical networks involved in auditory perception are similar to those observed with vision, suggesting shared mechanisms for conscious perception.
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spelling doaj-art-ece49584fd564850b1e321592ddb69df2025-02-02T05:26:51ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722025-03-01308121041The neural activity of auditory conscious perceptionKate L. Christison-Lagay0Aya Khalaf1Noah C. Freedman2Christopher Micek3Sharif I. Kronemer4Mariana M. Gusso5Lauren Kim6Sarit Forman7Julia Ding8Mark Aksen9Ahmad Abdel-Aty10Hunki Kwon11Noah Markowitz12Erin Yeagle13Elizabeth Espinal14Jose Herrero15Stephan Bickel16James Young17Ashesh Mehta18Kun Wu19Jason Gerrard20Eyiyemisi Damisah21Dennis Spencer22Hal Blumenfeld23Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USAFeinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra Northwell Sch. of Med., Manhasset, NY 11030, USAFeinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra Northwell Sch. of Med., Manhasset, NY 11030, USAFeinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra Northwell Sch. of Med., Manhasset, NY 11030, USAFeinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra Northwell Sch. of Med., Manhasset, NY 11030, USADepartment of Neurology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030, USADepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520, USADepartment of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Neurology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Corresponding author at: Yale Depts. Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8018, USA.Although recent work has made headway in understanding the neural temporospatial dynamics of conscious perception, much of that work has focused on visual paradigms. To determine whether there are shared mechanisms for perceptual consciousness across sensory modalities, here we test within the auditory domain. Participants completed an auditory threshold task while undergoing intracranial electroencephalography. Recordings from >2,800 grey matter electrodes were analyzed for broadband gamma power (a range which reflects local neural activity). For perceived trials, we find nearly simultaneous activity in early auditory regions, the right caudal middle frontal gyrus, and the non-auditory thalamus; followed by a wave of activity that sweeps through auditory association regions into parietal and frontal cortices. For not perceived trials, significant activity is restricted to early auditory regions. These findings show the cortical and subcortical networks involved in auditory perception are similar to those observed with vision, suggesting shared mechanisms for conscious perception.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925000436Auditory perceptionThalamusECOGHearingEEGElectrophysiology
spellingShingle Kate L. Christison-Lagay
Aya Khalaf
Noah C. Freedman
Christopher Micek
Sharif I. Kronemer
Mariana M. Gusso
Lauren Kim
Sarit Forman
Julia Ding
Mark Aksen
Ahmad Abdel-Aty
Hunki Kwon
Noah Markowitz
Erin Yeagle
Elizabeth Espinal
Jose Herrero
Stephan Bickel
James Young
Ashesh Mehta
Kun Wu
Jason Gerrard
Eyiyemisi Damisah
Dennis Spencer
Hal Blumenfeld
The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
NeuroImage
Auditory perception
Thalamus
ECOG
Hearing
EEG
Electrophysiology
title The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
title_full The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
title_fullStr The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
title_full_unstemmed The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
title_short The neural activity of auditory conscious perception
title_sort neural activity of auditory conscious perception
topic Auditory perception
Thalamus
ECOG
Hearing
EEG
Electrophysiology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925000436
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