Abstract
Event-related potential responses to differences in vibrotactile frequency: Evidence for continuous encoding of tactile information during early perception
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.153(3_supplement), pp.A159-A159
03/01/2023
DOI: 10.1121/10.0018503
Abstract
Perception of vibrotactile frequency is driven by activation of different types of mechanoreceptors embedded in the skin, which respond to vibrations in a frequency range of approximately 0.4 to 500 Hz. While previous behavioral work has measured participants’ sensitivity to differences in vibration frequency, it is unclear how this information is encoded in neural representations during perception. This issue was addressed in an event-related potential (ERP) experiment investigating responses to vibrotactile stimuli. EEG data were recorded while participants rested their hand on a tactile transducer. On each trial, the transducer delivered a sinusoidal vibration with a duration of 1000 ms. Frequency of vibration ranged from 30 to 70 Hz in 10 Hz steps. Results revealed that frequency is encoded in early somatosensory ERP responses recorded at Cz. Specifically, the amplitude of a negative-going ERP component, centered at approximately 50 ms post-stimulus onset, increased as stimulus frequency increased from 40 to 70 Hz. These results demonstrate that vibrotactile frequency is encoded continuously during perception and that these responses can be measured using scalp-recorded EEG.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Event-related potential responses to differences in vibrotactile frequency: Evidence for continuous encoding of tactile information during early perception
- Creators
- M. Ryan Henderson - Villanova UniversityJoseph C. Toscano - Villanova University
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.153(3_supplement), pp.A159-A159
- DOI
- 10.1121/10.0018503
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984632147002771
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